Exactly. They just had to go there.
His personality would been particulary too polite and soft for a Klingon woman.
"Well, ok miss Klingon, if you are agreeable to this, well, we can just adjust this bed, oh my, I didn't know you like to use knives to cut the flesh and, well I guess I can adapt, afer all, one time when ......." yada yada yada
What a silly thing to have him do just because there wasa klingon of the opposite sex present.