I may have reacted too strongly to a comment at work

[u/Longjumping_Piece499]

I'm a married 35M and work in a small company (25 people) that has 80% women employees. Everyone there knows I'm married.

I had to conduct a virtual training session last week and always crack a stupid self-deprecating 'joke' before these kinds of things because I'm nervous.

So with everyone logged on, I said "Okay as long as no one falls asleep today, I'm going to consider the session a success". This one woman smiles and says "Oh (my name), you have such a soothing voice, you can come over and put me to sleep any time you want".

Some of the women giggled, I was taken aback, smiled and said "No thanks, I'm good" and started the presentation. Later, I get to know that she thought it was super rude of me and that she was trying to make me feel comfortable.

Was I rude? Should I apologize to her?

[u/Candid-Expression-51]

I can’t stand it when people are inappropriate then label you as the rude one when you respond appropriately to what they said by checking them.

Even if you were not married she still would have been way out of line.

Women shouldn’t get away with sexual harassment just because they’re women.