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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Students are over 18 and well beyond the age of consent.  There is nothing wrong with it - particularly in grad school.[/quote]

It's not about age, but about power and ethics.

When I was in a Ph.D. program there was all sorts of corruption-head of program slept with student and gave her authorship on journal articles she did not earn and other opportunities. We were asked to babysit the children of professors and if they forget to pay you aren't going to hound them because they have power over you. I had a male professor I was presenting with at a conference invite me out for drinks and he was offended when I already had plans with an old college friend in the area. I knew students who had professors make advances on them in other programs. One of my parent's friends cheated on her husband with her professor and married him. I could go on and on.

There need to be firm boundaries and the loose boundaries that existed when I was in grad school were harmful and lead to exploitation in some cases.[/quote]

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