Alison Cheperdak

Give him an opportunity to hear like, this is what I grew up with.

And this is why I care.

It's not about memorizing rules just for the sake of rules.

It's about a way that I feel respected.

So give people the chance to step up.

And then if they don't, they don't, but give them a chance.

Well, it's interesting you ask that.

So when I'm doing most of my speaking engagements, like I work with a lot of companies in law and finance and in government, and those are pretty 50-50 or more men than women.

But my community online, my readers of Evie Magazine, it's almost 100% women.

And so it's a different audience there.

I would say with men, a lot of the questions I receive are around like handshakes and hugs and like what is appropriate for compliments, things like that.

So I talk about like how...

And we're not talking about in a romantic relationship, but like, let's say you work with someone and you're going to a gala.

Like there's something interesting about America where if it's more casual, like if you see someone, maybe you have a colleague at work, you see them every day.

You don't shake hands.

You just say hello.

But if you see them at a formal event, you're going to give them a hug because we're dressed up and that's just the thing that we do.

And so we have conversations around like, what is appropriate?

Like there are men, I had this conversation last week on a podcast where there's a guy who he doesn't want to touch women ever, unless it's his wife.

And so he always stands with his hands in his pocket.