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Yea it’s called consent. Not every power imbalance is inherently coercive. Society should be punished for being such prudes… they’d probably find they like it.

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OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Not every power imbalance is coercive, but the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TALKING TO A 21 YEAR OLD STAFFER IS

In case you didn’t consider that one

Gross, dude

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- Canconda@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  She’s a grown ass woman dude. This whole gen-z infantilization of 20 something year olds is ridiculous.
  
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  - OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I love that you think it’s a generational thing.
    
    And you call people who call out DRASTIC POWER DYNAMICS as prudes. Dude. Do you remember being 20-22? You know she JUST got the right to drink, right? Even if there was a personal interest in Bill Clinton sexually, the dynamic makes any sexual contact inappropriate while he’s her boss. Don’t tell me you think all those stories of 20-something secretaries sleeping with their boss were all consensual love affairs?
    
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    Canconda@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    How do you not realize that your exact attitude is what the GOP exploited at the expense of Monica?
    
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  - yesman@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    It’s suspicious when someone has strong opinions about consent laws. But not as suspicious as someone who’d white-knight fucking Bill Clinton because, wait for it, their concern for young adults being treated with respect.
    
    That math doesn’t add up friend. Who do you think your fooling?
    
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    Canconda@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    lmao you sound like every time a 22 year old has sexual relations with a 49 year old you lose a neuron.
    
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  - spicehoarder@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Prefrontal Cortex.
    
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JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
It was the god damn president of the United States of America. That’s a fucking power imbalance if I’ve ever heard one.

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AeonFelis@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Not every power imbalance is automatically coercive.

The problem is that power imbalances make it impossible to establish consent:

The underling has no guarantee that refusing will not result in retribution.

The superior has no way to know if the underling’s agreement is true consent or if it was out of fear of retribution.
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