"A majority of women, and nearly half of men, say it’s unacceptable to have dinner or drinks alone with someone of the opposite sex other than their spouse."
This is a crap article. The situation is entirely different for married and unmarried men to have drinks alone with a woman, and yet it's failing to distinguish...
It's called practicing good op-sec. Sexual harassment and assault are things. As a woman you don't want to put yourself in a bad situation or send false signals; as a man even the whiff of impropriety can destroy your reputation so you'd best play it safe.