Religious Freedom Restoration Act - Indiana

Oh, I needed a good laugh. Let me 'splain something . . . boinking between students and faculty goes on every day and LSU doesn't do one damn thing about it. Sexual coercion, stalking, harassment, etc. are conduct code violations and are taken very seriously, of course, and could cost someone his job. But relations between two consenting adults is perfectly legal and it happens a lot.

What point? I was being sarcastic. Both of you need to find a sense of humor.

 

No it isn't. Monica never complained or objected, she never even reported it. She was a willing participant and an adult who was not being coerced, her job was not threatened, and she never reported any intimidation at all.

 

Quid pro quo is inherent in any sexual relationship. But LSU must follow the law and also respect its employees privacy, despite any concerns. These students aren't minors, they are adults and these things happen. Don't get me wrong, LSU has policies that they adhere to regarding sexual coercion, office and class misconduct, etc. that can get you fired, as I mentioned earlier. But they can't prohibit two consenting adults from having a relationship outside of their workspace just because they met at LSU. People have been fired for sexual coercion when complaints are made and documented, of course.

Understand that most of these relations are not a predatory 70-year old Boyd Professor and a naive 18-year old nubile. Most are between a 26-year-old Instructor and a 22-year old grad student, both quite smart and hot for each other. But May-October relationships do happen. I know two tenured professors who married one of their graduate students, 20 years younger.

People need to be smart. I have never dated anyone that is subordinate to me, both to avoid the appearance of impropriety and to allow no one to have any kind of leverage over me. I don't teach in an academic department. I manage special projects in a research department. My GA's work for me. Most graduate assistants in the building are employees as well as students and most of them don't report to me. And they aren't all naive 20-somethings either. Many GA's are quite savvy divorcees and empty nesters in their 30's and 40's who are back in school to get a better education and meet some men with more style and substance, God bless them.

Alas, I have become invisible to undergraduates anyway.