I never said I refused to work with any gender. I've successful worked with plenty of men & women since this experience without issue and it's not something I'm that particularly concerned about doing in the future.

My claim is just that this experience changed how I interact with women in the workplace compared to men. So to me, the point of the article, that men are "clamming up", holds true for me even with this minor situation compared to a much larger public situation.

I've had it on the list to get a professional therapist for years, one day I'll finally actually do the work to set it up :)