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Re:JFK’s teen mistress addresses relationship in memoir (2012) by millstone on Wednesday October 23, 2013 @08:20PM (#6602675)
If she had been a private citizen, I might agree with you. But she was an employee of the White House, which makes JFK her ultimate boss, with the power to promote or fire her.

I don’t care who you are, it’s always wrong to take one of your subordinates, ply her with alcohol, isolate her in a room, and then pressure her for sex. That would be an insta-fire at my workplace. (And it applies equally to male subordinates too, of course.)

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Re:JFK’s teen mistress addresses relationship in memoir (2012) by auctiontheory on Wednesday October 23, 2013 @10:11PM (#6603017)
That would be an insta-fire at my workplace.

You might be insta-fired for such conduct, but (assuming you are not the CEO) would the CEO? Especially a successful CEO? I would hope so, but I think it's quite unlikely.

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Re:JFK’s teen mistress addresses relationship in memoir (2012) by ekianjo on Wednesday October 23, 2013 @10:40PM (#6603122)
CEOs are not like presidents. If you leak the story to the press, a CEO can't contain the story because they have no power over the media. A president has the power to do a lot of things, including killing citizens who prove to be troublesome in some ways, and get away with it. And yes, even in democracies.
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