Male coworker recently visited Dubai and called it "an aspirational country"

Some quotes:

"Dubai is so clean, so organized, it's the model example of what countries should be."

"America gives its people too much freedom and that's why we have people rioting in the streets. You don't see people in Dubai rioting. Sometimes too much freedom is a bad thing."

[After I mentioned the lack of women's rights] "Yeah but... that wouldn't really affect ME." Verbatim.

This dude is abrasive to work with (surprise surprise), publicly names-and-shames underperformers on his team, and regularly touches my arm or shoulder. He's also got zero filter and complains about whatever is on his mind, taking our meetings off track.

Unfortunately he's a senior VP outside my chain of command, so not much I can do without losing credibility at work.

Being a woman is fun.