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Literally everyone income is dependent on various types of enforcement authorities (HR, professional licensing boards, cops, osha, etc) not being on their case.

I have a very hard time seeing anyone who manages to pull a fast one on some stupid bureaucracy as a victim.

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The only difference between this scenario and an actual porno setup is that the meta employee isn't a college professor who controls her grade.

You could make the argument that it's only a power dynamic problem if the IG employee is the first to bring up sex, but if a college student offers to sleep with their professor to get a better grade, if the professor accepts are they benefiting from a power dynamic? I would say, very clearly yes.

The hypothetical professor, or meta employee, is transacting business that creates a conflict of interest with their prior business relationship with their employer.

This is little different from me tipping the safelite guy to lay a bead of sealant on some other stuff while he's at it.

The enforcement authorities aren't on my case, though.

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