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> Oftentimes, a role changes to something that an employee didn't sign up for. ...which is also generally bad if the role is materially different and goes on t
by incrudible 5y ago
> Oftentimes, a role changes to something that an employee didn't sign up for.
...which is also generally bad if the role is materially different and goes on top of what was signed up for, with little to no extra compensation.
> Perhaps there is something unique about sex and how it interacts with power dynamics?
Suppose that your boss asked you, in addition to your current duties, instead of giving sexual favors, you follow him home and do all his laundry - with the same implication that your career hinges on it. Would that change the power dynamic? I don't think so. The only thing that "sex" changes is that it arouses attention.
- whimsicalism 5y agoYes, I think it would be worse if my boss said I must have sex with them in order to keep my job than if they asked me to do their laundry. Both are bad, but I disagree with your moral intuition - and suspect most people would as well. The key moral fact here is more than just "it's not what you signed up for"
- incrudible 5y agoWhether you signed up for it is they key distinction. Suppose you had signed up for sex with your boss, but then he also also asks you to do the laundry - which wasn't part of the deal. That's bad. Vice versa may be worse, but either is bad. We wouldn't consider it fair just because it doesn't involve sex. In either situation, the power balance is the same. Your boss doesn't get more power just because he asks for sex instead of laundry.