When I was at The Basic School learning how to be an Officer of Marines, we all were advised that during counseling sessions with female Marines, never be alone with them.
Wisdom, not sexism.
What is a counseling session? Were you a chaplain?
Good advice. I knew the 8th CMSAF Sam Parish, hosting him at several dining out’s where he was our speaker. He made it a point of refusing to dance with anyone if his wife was not with him. Smart man!