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Anonymous wrote:Why can't Bill and Hillary ride off into the sunset? Enough.

God, don't we wish? But they can't, because they need MORE MONEY! It will never be enough.

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Can grown women age 18-39 *ever* not be under the thumb of “power”? Because a lot of my girlfriends going back to undergrad *eagerly* and aggressively pursued their bosses for the thrill, for career benefits, and/or because of attraction.

You should find some better girlfriends.

Or maybe you should stop considering women to always be the victims. Adult women are perfectly capable of choosing consensual sexual partners, whether that person is their supervisor or not.
-DP

Or maybe you should be more familiar with harassment laws. The issue is not what your girlfriends are capable of choosing. Sexual harassment in the workplace has an OBJECTIVE and subjective element. Even if your friends subjectively thought it was ok to sleep with the boss, objectively, it could be viewed as a power imbalance and harassment (to you or to others, depending on the facts). It is also a huge liability to any company. Further, just b/c your friends are ok with the relationship at one point, doesn't mean that wouldn't change. It happens. And not always for the better.

So, it's not about being victims. It's about liability. It's about keeping sex out of the office lace.

Where do you work that nobody dates each other or execs aren't married to current or former staff? Carly Fiorina married her boss at AT&T. It's pretty natural to be attracted to people you're around so much. Very common for Google and Apple employees to marry. Just as it is for law and medical students who spend 3-4 years together.

Anonymous wrote:Why can't Bill and Hillary ride off into the sunset? Enough.