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Academic seduction is sometimes considered a type of and Priest Abuse {Link without Title} .

It has been attributed to the Psychological Projection of status and authority on the professor by the student, and the professor's exploitation of their experience in psychological techniques of NLP or Speed Seduction , which were a Fad for a time in western academia.

There is also a natural tendency for females of college age to develop reasons.

This also happens, to a lesser extent, with males.

There has been controversy over such relationships, especially within the last decade and responses vary. Most colleges/universities do not ban teacher/student relationships so long as the student is not currently attending a class taught by the teacher. Such relationships might not be seen as harmful in and of themselves provided the instructor does not misuse any power.

It is a common theme in literature, for example:


  • 'Disgrace' by J. M. Coetzee, a novel about a South African literature professor whose career is ruined after he has an affair with a student.


  • ' Oleanna ', an American film starring William H. Macy and Debra Eisenstadt as a college professor and his student, respectively; the student claims that she is a victim of academic seduction, the professor claims that the sexual contact never occurred, and the film deals with the moral controversy of academic seduction as it never becomes clear which character is correct.


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