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▲ wasfgwp 8 hours ago

If you go that route you can extrapolate to some absurd degree. Basically any relationship with a power imbalance becomes sexual harassment.

▲twodave 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yes, you can extrapolate, and our society does. This is why ministers aren't supposed to have relationships with their clergy, therapists are not supposed to have relationships with their clients, lawyers, doctors, etc. The list goes on and on.

▲_ph_ 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Can become, yes. Depends a bit on what exactly the nature of the power imbalance is. Which is why there are usually strict rules about relationships with your reports and how to resolve the situation. Like reporting it to HR so the work positions can be shifted in a way to move positions so that there is no longer a reporting relationship between the two.

▲unethical_ban 36 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Exactly. At every place I've worked or consulted at, bosses dating subordinates is not permitted. I have seen multiple instances where people have to move teams/managers because they start a relationship.

These restrictions exist in most workplaces. Boss/subordinate relationships can result in extortion and bad behavior, regardless of which party starts it.

▲paxy 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Congrats you just figured out divorce laws and alimony from first principles.

▲throwaway6977 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Wow you are mere inches from understanding the concept of sexual harassment. Keep going!

▲wasfgwp 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

You mean infantilising adults and denying their agency to feel better about yourself.

Obviously it depends from case to case and there are certain lines that shouldn’t be crossed but otherwise consenting adults should be free to make their own decisions.

▲vouwfietsman 4 hours ago | parent [-]

You do understand the issue of mixing consent with power imbalance?

▲Jtarii 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

So is Huang only allowed to have sex with Lisa Su or something? But even then Nvidia dwarfs AMD in power.

▲wasfgwp 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

There is always Elon I guess…

▲paxy 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

100% of his relationships have been with nvidia subordinates and business partners. You realize there are more women on the planet right?

▲wasfgwp 8 hours ago | parent [-]

> 100% of his relationships

*that we know of

▲moralestapia 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Got it, that's why I only date girls who meet the following criteria:

* My age, +/- 2 years.

* Comparable emotional and intellectual development.

* Same level of education.

* Earn within 10% of what I earn.

* Total net worth within 10% of mine.

* Muscular, so we're of comparable strength.

* Exact same cultural and ethnic background.

* No chronic diseases or disabilities, since I don't have any and that would be an unfair advantage.

* Read Hacker News just as pathologically frequently, so we both know when to short NVIDIA at approximately the same time.