text: Actually it's more a sign of lack of trust than some esteem thing. I think the Pences are probably a loving and super trustful Christian couple in the old fashioned way, so is this "rule"..... just in case of Temptation?  The rule about consuming alchohol seems reasonable considering that's an obvioulsy a pre-cursor to infidelity in many situation in the power world of big politics as well as the local bar.  I f she doesn't trust him, perhaps he should find another line of work. But he's in the Trump Admin, so women issues are decided in rooms packed with men so out VP should be at ease.
  
  If you have to put that type of guard up for each other, (never alone with another women)  it's kinda weird and I've been married along time. We simply trust each other.