The only problem I see with it is if he had to meet 1 on 1 with a female politician or female intelligence official or a female head of state of another country. What if they have to discuss top secret information?
Would he have to bring his wife along? What if she doesn’t have security clearance? Would he just not meet with the female person to discuss classified/top secret matters?
This is similar to, but not exactly like, some Muslim men who refuse to shake a woman’s hand in a Western setting. The same premise behind it at least ... temptation. So it’s considered backward.
OK he doesn’t have to go out to dinner alone with a woman but he might have to meet behind closed doors with a woman for official business. Some very Christian men will not do that. That might be a problem in the situations I described above.
I don't think so at all. I worked mostly with male managers (as a woman manager), and many would not step into my office for a quick closed-door meeting. Why? Because of all the sexual harassment charges that are rampant in the workplace! That's especially true on government jobs, where if you make the accusation, you often get promoted out of the work area. As for meeting out in public, if anyone sees it they assume something else is going on. With Pence, I'm sure there are plenty of progressive women who wouldn't hesitate to make a accusation that would hang with him forever - easy to do from the left when it comes down to he-said-she-said.
I doubt it's that he doesn't trust her or wants her to be constantly under his supervision - quite the contrary, it's letting her be there to help prevent anyone from doing anything like that.