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Why do you say 10% is "only"? That's millions of people. Why do you assume there power imbalance was rare? Before recent years, marrying a boss or a professor
by gpawl 9y ago
Why do you say 10% is "only"? That's millions of people.
Why do you assume there power imbalance was rare? Before recent years, marrying a boss or a professor was quite common.
FWIW, among famous people in tech: Jeff Bezos married an underling; Bill Gates married one of his employees; Sergey Brin married an employee's sister, and dated an underling; Larry Page dated an underling.
- oh_sigh 9y agoWell, people spend 35+% of their waking life at work(assuming sleeping 8 hours/day and working 40h/week), so 10% does seem low relative to that.
- rayiner 9y ago> Why do you assume there power imbalance was rare? Before recent years, marrying a boss or a professor was quite common. That occurred in a context where women were categorically limited to lower level roles, so almost any heterosexual workplace relationship involved a power imbalance. You wouldn't expect the same dynamic on a going forward basis, nor is there any reason to structure the workplace to accommodate such relationships.
- vacri 9y ago> You wouldn't expect the same dynamic on a going forward basis Who gets together with someone thinking "Hrm, in 10 years time I'll probably be lower management and she'll still be regular staff"?
- valuearb 9y agoYea that's crazy. If two people are attracted power imbalance is meaningless.
- dragonwriter 9y ago> Why do you say 10% is "only"? Because it's not a huge share, it's a small-but-not-insignificant minority.
- etjossem 9y agoFamous != ethical