> They're both examples of coercion by someone with power over a subordinate, No, the teacher is (indirectly) your employee and it doesn't matter. If they thre

> They're both examples of coercion by someone with power over a subordinate, No, the teacher is (indirectly) your employee and it doesn't matter. If they threaten to withhold a grade you've earned it's clearly criminal, regardless of the threat used. > they both involve trading your body (in the form of labor or sex) for money (or some sort of compensation) If prostitution and a job are the same then it means prostitution isn't bad. But maybe your equivalency is wrong. > they're both generally recognized as exploitative I bet you'd say that letting your starve by not hiring you would be exploitative too.