07-16-2024, 04:09 PM
Taking the question somewhat seriously in terms of actually looking for an answer, I didn't quickly find a direct answer or survey. (I don't know of anyone who has confided in me personally about such an affair.)
It is somewhat arbitrary what buckets we categorize people into. To me, the distinction between a 12th grade student and a college freshman is somewhat narrow. A 30-year-old grad student, perhaps twice married, is far different. Likewise, consider a 23yo T.A. Obviously coaches (school, club, college) are in a similar situation as professors, and we've heard many reports about abuse by coaches. Then there are others in power that might abuse those under their guidance or control (business, military, government, church, psychologist, guru). We've heard a lot about show business, and, of course, a very infamous government case.
In terms of pre-college students & their teachers/coaches, this blog entry had disturbing numbers for data from 2015 -- 7% of 8th-11th grade students surveyed "reported having had physical sexual contact from an adult (most often a teacher or coach)" (Obvious caveats: self-selection by respondents?, does this include other adults (e.g. relatives), how was "most often" determined). Unfortunately, I didn't quickly find the details at that blog's apparent source so consider those numbers as unconfirmed.
I noticed a couple of related Sep. 2021 opinions (1, 2) in the NYTimes, but I don't have access to that source. I found this 1993 "Boundary Issues in Teacher-Student Relationships" that seemed appropriate for the issues (but no numbers). Also see these policies or findings:
Harvard
Yale
McGill University.
Both in grade school and college, the relationship between teachers and students is critical to the development of a student. In searching this topic, I found an equal number of articles on how important that relationship was (for instance, here). Both for immature and mature people, relationships can get fuzzy and complicated, but that is no excuse.
It is somewhat arbitrary what buckets we categorize people into. To me, the distinction between a 12th grade student and a college freshman is somewhat narrow. A 30-year-old grad student, perhaps twice married, is far different. Likewise, consider a 23yo T.A. Obviously coaches (school, club, college) are in a similar situation as professors, and we've heard many reports about abuse by coaches. Then there are others in power that might abuse those under their guidance or control (business, military, government, church, psychologist, guru). We've heard a lot about show business, and, of course, a very infamous government case.
In terms of pre-college students & their teachers/coaches, this blog entry had disturbing numbers for data from 2015 -- 7% of 8th-11th grade students surveyed "reported having had physical sexual contact from an adult (most often a teacher or coach)" (Obvious caveats: self-selection by respondents?, does this include other adults (e.g. relatives), how was "most often" determined). Unfortunately, I didn't quickly find the details at that blog's apparent source so consider those numbers as unconfirmed.
I noticed a couple of related Sep. 2021 opinions (1, 2) in the NYTimes, but I don't have access to that source. I found this 1993 "Boundary Issues in Teacher-Student Relationships" that seemed appropriate for the issues (but no numbers). Also see these policies or findings:
Harvard
Yale
McGill University.
Both in grade school and college, the relationship between teachers and students is critical to the development of a student. In searching this topic, I found an equal number of articles on how important that relationship was (for instance, here). Both for immature and mature people, relationships can get fuzzy and complicated, but that is no excuse.