Opinion by Helaine Olen: All rom-com protagonists need an obstacle to overcome. No one needs the c-suite to weigh in on consensual behavior between equals that takes place outside the workplace — no matter how attention-getting it is.
Some social critics have even worried that remote work during the pandemic would compromise this key source of romantic connections for young people. But perhaps surprisingly, the SHRM survey found that remote work did nothing to slow the phenomenon: The incidence of office romance went up. When opportunities to meet new people were limited, Slack might have acted as an ad hoc dating app.
Some of the corporate overreaction may be due in part to #MeToo’s impact on television newsrooms. From Matt Lauer to the late Roger Ailes, there are examples aplenty of news anchors and executives using their position to sexually harass and manipulate women. But that’s not what’s going on here. As for the fact the two are married to others, their behavior might not be ethical, but it’s hardly a crime or grounds for firing.
Besides, it’s not like audiences objected to flirtatious banter and what was clearly a close friendship — the two even trained for a marathon together — before the news broke. If anything, the romance is a literalization of the fake-romantic dynamic on which shows such as GMA3 all too often depend, with a male and female host playing the part of a platonic couple sharing inside jokes and knowing looks.
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