Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pucc-i Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!CS-Mordred!Pucc-H:Pucc-I:ag5 From: ag5@pucc-i (Henry C. Mensch) Newsgroups: net.motss Subject: Re: When opportunity knocks ... Message-ID: <647@pucc-i> Date: Fri, 12-Oct-84 04:43:54 EDT Article-I.D.: pucc-i.647 Posted: Fri Oct 12 04:43:54 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Oct-84 07:00:34 EDT References: <156@stat-l> <1266@drutx.UUCP> <637@pucc-i> Organization: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Lines: 43 >>Twenty dollars, sailor!<< ++>from Lori Fuller ++> ++>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .In those ++>situations it seems to me that the people involved should wait until they ++>are no longer in a relationship that has a built in power differential ++>(e.g. instructor has power over the student's grade). In the case of school, ++>that might only mean waiting until the semester is over. I agree. This happened to a particular (heterosexual) friend of mine who started dating a student of his... If there is a true relationship (as opposed to an infatuation ) then things can be kept to a low roar until *after* the semester ends.... (As the story turns out, the student whom my friend was dating finally dropped him *after* getting the grade.. For once, the student used the TA to get what she wanted. . . ++> . . . . . . . . . . . . . There's less risk for the more powerful person. If you believe that there's less risk for the 'more powerful' person, then you'll buy this watch, real cheap! :-) The so-called 'more powerful' person ALSO stands a chance of being fired/disciplined/ discriminated against/etc... Some might even call the relationship "sexual harassment," even though both participants are willing, consenting adults. ++>I'd say take a lesson from heterosexuals on this one(it's better documented). ++>Most people have heard stories about women losing/getting jobs/grades by ++>sleeping with the male boss/teacher. The risks are probably about the same ++>for open gay men and lesbians and much higher for those who are closeted. Actually, the risks are probably worse....(remember those Brunsons out there!!) A word to the wise should be sufficient. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry C. Mensch | User Confuser | Purdue University User Services {decvax|ucbvax|sequent|icalqa|inuxc|uiucdcs|ihnp4}!pur-ee!pucc-i!ag5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- "How sweet it is to be loved by you . . ." -- James Taylor