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Pence's Marriage Rules Could Keep Power out of Women's Hands
![Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen Pence greet supporters as they arrive at a campaign event at Catawba College in Salisbury, N.C., Monday, Oct. 24, 2016.](https://media.wnyc.org/i/800/0/c/85/1/AP_16298759064073.jpg)
A Washington Post profile of Karen Pence re-surfaced old comments by her husband, Vice President Mike Pence, who said he wouldn't dine alone with a woman or go to an event where alcohol was present without his wife. Jia Tolentino, contributing writer for newyorker.com, discusses this conservative view of male/female relationships and how it can keep women from gaining professional power and prestige.