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As professor, you can't have a sexual relationship with your students. It is taboo, exactly because of the huge power asymmetry. Like teacher-pupil, therapist-p
by wsy 8y ago
As professor, you can't have a sexual relationship with your students. It is taboo, exactly because of the huge power asymmetry. Like teacher-pupil, therapist-patient, etc. Of course, each individually case could be a healthy relationship, but there are too many dangers, so society has established a boundary.
Surprise, this applies to female professors, too.
- dhimes 8y agoAFAIK it is not yet forbidden by all colleges. It is kind of a recent transformation, partially as a result of the movement.
- djsumdog 8y agoI went to school in 2000 - 2004 and students would say that if you got in a relationship with a professor or TA, they were required to transfer you to another class. My math professor said, "Show me in the handbook where it says that." He then corrected me that, at least at our university, there were no explicit policies on teacher/student relationships. That professor said that every year, they got a big e-mail from the president reminding them of the sexual harassment policy. If it's a company, yes they can have a policy that says "don't date across pay grades or you get fired." And some people fall in love and they take that risk and when the company finds out, they move them to different departments. .. Or they get fired; so they have to find new jobs. Hopefully it was worth it. Private schools could probably do the same thing. In the public service space, it gets considerably harder to write these types of policies.