http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2015/01/barrett_the_honors_college_at_asu_is_a_close-knit_community_some_say_too_cl.php

That's a big article. Feel free to read through all of it, but I'm going to pull some stuff out that I think deserves discussion. Obviously professors dating their students is inappropriate, and if that needs to be explained then feel free to post, but I don't think you really belong in this particular thread.

tl;dr of the article: profs banged students, then got fired and/or committed suicide.

"One thing my professor said to me when he ended this affair still sticks out to me," Jane wrote in the closing of her Title IX complaint testimony. "He had no idea that what he was doing was wrong or even against the rules, because it was so common for Barrett Honors College professors to be involved with students that all of the honors faculty saw it as normal."

Jane was devastated when Hunter broke off their relationship. She continued to see him on campus, and she says she became depressed to the point of attempting suicide. As time passed -- and after she learned of Lester's work on campus -- Jane says her view of the relationship changed.

"He took advantage of his power over me to coerce me," Jane says in an e-mail. "This wasn't a consensual relationship. It was sexual abuse and it was rape."

In the testimony she provided for Lester's complaint, Jane says she felt trapped by the need to maintain Hunter as a reference, as well as fear that coming forward would mar her reputation, make her feel unsafe, and harm her relationships with other faculty. So she didn't say anything.

A Barrett professor brought this up in the comments, and I wanted you folks to have a crack at it.

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"He took advantage of his power over me to coerce me," Jane says in an e-mail. "This wasn't a consensual relationship. It was sexual abuse and it was rape."

Anything to take the blame off herself, right?

One post and we're already victim blaming.

WOO!

Quote from: Mad Max on January 12, 2015, 10:25:00 PM

Quote from: Casper on January 12, 2015, 09:51:29 PM

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"He took advantage of his power over me to coerce me," Jane says in an e-mail. "This wasn't a consensual relationship. It was sexual abuse and it was rape."

Anything to take the blame off herself, right?

One post and we're already victim blaming.

WOO!

How is a she a victim when she was part of the relationship? How does she not bear responsibility?

Is this like when PSU says you can rape your own wife?

You are NOT suppose to have an INTIMATE relationship with a student. Doesn't matter if they are of age or not. That's also a conflict of interest

Why is it against the rules anyways?

Because it creates a conflict of interest for the professor, and is an unethical use of a position of authority.

Whether it's rape or even abuse is the issue, though.