but see Nic, if you accept my point of view let me say this please:
We as Muslims believe that evil (Shetan) exist and this evil chalanged God to spoil all people, so one way of spoiling is that evil will bring bad ideas to the people and one of these bad ideas is the illegal relation between men and women.
So one way which facilitate this idea or make it easy is when there is mixing between genders.
Nic how many couples betrayd each other?
Little, No.
Too much, yes.
What could be the reasons of betrayding?
Many, probably mixing is one of them.
How many men have illegal relation with their female secretaries?
Peobably many, why?
Is not it good to prevent such a risk which comes from mixing between genders.
Nowadays the mixing in the work place is almost every where.
It is the men and women responsibility to understand the impacts.
Speaking between men and women at work is considered normal if it is about work, and it is ok to say good morning, hi, how are you?
It is the men and the women who could bring the risk to each other when they speak about personal issues to each other.
The above is my point of view, and I know it is different from others point of view.
cheers guys.