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According to the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, (152/3)

The din is that one woman can be with 2 “kosher” men during the day, in the city. If she’s in the field, there must be three “kosher” men.
If the men are prutzim (or not Jewish) then a woman is not even allowed to be with many men.
A man can never be alone with 2 women, ever, kosher or not.

I find that most men are in full agreement with the negative male stereotypes (ie. that men are pigs) while most women get offended by negative female stereotypes. However, what I think was bothering most of the women, throughout reading this thread, is not that chazal, at times, may or may not have negative things to say about women. In my opinion, the thing that was really upsetting was the implication that chazal, and therefore Judaism, was denigrating to women as a general rule. When people were quoting chazal and the Gemara, they chose quotes without giving the source for it and therefore making it difficult for others to find out what was really meant. Then, without having learned in depth about the topic, it was implied that we were kofrim if we were not willing to accept the implication, as is.