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Re:Men, commit to mentor women by timavr on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @04:45AM (#19968504)
Just change the question to? Are you OK with us continuing in my room because blah blah, otherwise we can just do it in the lobby.

Basically, you give them power to decide where they feel comfortable most. Especially first time around.

“Can you come to my room in 30m to do blah” is an order basically, so as a result you already create hostile situation irrelevant of gender.

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Re:Men, commit to mentor women by slowmovintarget on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @05:53AM (#19968773)
That's still no good (opinion, not statement of fact).

Just suggest the lobby, or find a coffee shop. It may be annoying, but now you're not putting any burden on her at all. If she suggests an alternative, you can use your judgement, but why even put that on her in the first place?

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