DD Support Board and Research Team

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From the comment section,

I was in my twenties when I worked at a major research hospital. Power differential? As a beautiful young woman I held a lot of power in my hand. Men who were much older ( and the same age as me) and who were very accomplished and stars in their fields wanted to have relationships with me. Not for even one fraction of a second did I feel like they had more power than me. Never. Although I was far lower on the professional totem pole ( and not even on the same pole as them) I knew that I was the one who held the cards. I had what they wanted. I dated the ones I wanted to, politely declined the ones I didn't, and went on with my life. They were adults, and I was an adult.

I feel scorn for women like Knouse ( as presented in the article- I can only go by what info I have). She was in relationship with him, felt his attention waning and went full scorched earth when he dropped her. In doing so she infantilized women, made it so much harder for women who do NOT have power, and made a mockery of sexual harassment claims.