I am not comparing a romantic relationship to rape. I am telling you that there are ways to coerce someone into sex that look completely polite on the surface.

I am not comparing a romantic relationship to rape. I am telling you that there are ways to coerce someone into sex that look completely polite on the surface. If you want your business to function well, it should never be okay to put someone in the position of feeling they have to date their boss to keep their job. It was perfectly fine to date people from work at my old job. It was not fine to date someone whom you had power over. There were plenty of people there that were married to other employees or dating other employees. In some cases, they worked closely together. Such a policy protects both the boss and their underlings. It means the boss doesn't have to worry if someone is asking them out in hopes of sleeping their way into a promotion. No one is allowed to ask their boss out either. Edit: Since you say you are foreign, "Statutory rape" is a term that means you had sex with someone who was legally too young to consent. So even if that individual was totally enthusiastic about sleeping with you, due to their status as a legal minor, they are not deemed competent enough to fully consider the consequences of their actions and provide informed consent. It does not mean you dragged someone off down an alleyway and violently assaulted them. This is pertinent in situations where one party is not in a position to freely say "no" because the other individual has power over them (or some other advantage that is allowing them take advantage of someone).