I also can't count the number of girls (all the way back to high school) that I saw lay eyes on a male teacher they found attractive and fully cognizant of the

I also can't count the number of girls (all the way back to high school) that I saw lay eyes on a male teacher they found attractive and fully cognizant of the consequences pursue them like an animal... not justifying or condoning it in any manner, but in some arenas, women can be far more predatory than men, regardless of the social or political structure of the relationship. Of course it also goes the other way, and in every combination of sexes, but there's a truth to the age old saying "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned." Male professors, indeed everyone should do well to take heed heed of that. Even if the relationship seems genuine and it's really about feelings and not about power, what are the consequences should the wheels fall off? and are they worth it?