Americans Agree With Mike Pence: It's Inappropriate to Have Dinner Alone With Opposite Sex
Vice President Mike Pence may have been ridiculed for following the "Billy Graham rule" but a majority of women are on the same page as Pence and believe having dinner or drinks alone with a member of the opposite sex other than their spouse is not acceptable, according to a New York Times poll.
According to the survey, carried out between May 2 and 5 among 5,282 registered voters, 60 percent of women said it would be inappropriate to have a drink alone with a man who is not their spouse. Fifty-three percent said that having dinner under the same scenario would also be wrong.
Men were more divided on the issue, though 48 percent agreed that having drinks would be inappropriate, compared to 41 percent who said it was fine. Forty-three percent of men said they would be fine with having dinner alone with a woman who is not their spouse, compared to 45 percent who said it would be inappropriate....
