Mutual respect can be a good thing. One of our female aides had patted herself on the back because she had been grope free by one of local resident male perverts for over a year. All of the other female aides couldn't say the same as he is a big groper. Being male he never groped me. It really made her mad though because she thought they had this mutual respect thing going and then he groped her. Taking report is always interesting where I work. Hearing stuff like, "I was only slapped once and felt up twice" is not uncommon. And they wonder why most females don't like working graveyard shift where I work.

You might not believe it but even the nurses like it when I come on shift. Have you ever had a job that you really loved and felt appreciated? I have one of those. I have nurses who won't go in certain male rooms without a male to go with them. Coed CNA teams work great here. We have each others' back and it sure can keep you out of the front office.

This is what I was getting at, but you said it much more clearly.