@TheMiddleWay Oh.... but the cone would silence her... and save everyone from the din.
You have watched Get Smart haven't you?

@TheMiddleWay The issue for me hasn't been that I don't think I can control my actions or words; it's that I cannot control the actions or words of other people. For example, as a pastor, I have often had to offer counsel to women about very private matters in their lives. In such situations an intimacy may develop that can be easily misconstrued, and it is in situations like this that some pastors have been tempted to enter into affairs in the past. I decided that could never happen if I never even allowed the possibility for it, however remote I think it might be. I love my wife, so I protect our marriage in any and every way I can.

Also, if people know you are consistently meeting in private with a woman who is not your wife, they may easily jump to the wrong conclusions. Thankfully, I have a wife who is wise and trustworthy, and I have made it my practice to counsel women together with her (and her insights are also very valuable, of course). This practice helps to prevent those issues mentioned. If a woman would prefer not to meet with both my wife and I for counseling, then I would refer her to someone else. So far I think that has only happened one time, though, if memory serves.

Anyway, I thought a little more detail might help explain why such a practice is taken by guys like Pence and me.

By the way, I met my beloved in the fall of 1985 in Haifa, Israel, and we were married in the fall of 1986 in Illinois, USA. This November, I am happy to say, will be 34 years of marriage for us, and I love her more each and every day.

@TheMiddleWay this almost suggests blaming of a victim. Haters gonna hate - liberals gonna contort, obfuscate, create false narrative...

@TheMiddleWay If Pence (or anyone else) is a victim of loose gossip and slander then he can't be saddled with accusations of "inability to control his own impulses with women"
You don't know if that is true of Pence or not true. You assume he has a psychological problem where women are concerned. That would make him a victim. Gossip, slander - can be very victimizing IMHO.

@TheMiddleWay I know about Pences' thing about being alone with a woman not his wife - didn't get the sarcasm - that's one of the problems w/social media...it's all too easy to misinterpret comments and posts