Christopher Heuertz gives an accurate description of how men and male church leaders address the issues of working in close proximity with attractive women.
"Rather than teaching self-awareness, I, as a man attracted to women, was taught to avoid the potential of working with women— specifically, though never explicitly stated, attractive women around my age group. This was not so subtly modeled in many of the religious communities I participated in. Almost without exception, the secretaries that pastors or other religious professionals hired were older, and either they were expected to exhibit a certain sense of primness and distance or they were perceived to lack any sort of visible dynamic sexual energy."
Christopher Heuertz, Unexpected Gifts
