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Consent is murky at best when there's a large power discrepancy between two co-workers. See: everything that's been going on with Hollywood in the past couple o
by ellard 7y ago
Consent is murky at best when there's a large power discrepancy between two co-workers. See: everything that's been going on with Hollywood in the past couple of years
- johnhughesco 7y agoDid it occur that the employee might be attracted BECAUSE of the power discrepancy?
- IfOnlyYouKnew 7y agoSort of: "I 'want' to have sex with him because I don't get to decide not to have sex with him and keep my job"
- hackinthebochs 7y agoIt turns out money and power are standard features of attraction to women generally.
- thu2111 7y agoThe law has no concept of "large power discrepancy" affecting the notion of whether sex is legal or not, if there's no violence or force involved. The attempts in recent years by a small group of feminists to broaden the definition of non-consensual sex to include "I had sex with that rich guy because he could give me an attractive job but later regretted it" just degrades everything, especially women. It causes people to stop believing them when they say they were coerced by a powerful man. After all, Weinstein's accusers settled, didn't they? And his ex employers picked up the legal bills. Rumoured to be because he had tons of evidence that the complainants had willingly accepted their side of the "deals" and that such arrangements were commonplace throughout the industry.