I don't disagree with you, but there's more to it than that, in that there's often additional things going on. The article alludes to some of this stuff but it's the tip of the iceberg.
I know, for example, fellow female graduate students who made it a point to seduce and check off male faculty on lists, often high profile or attractive. One of them ended up getting a job because of this and marrying their goal. This is something mentioned in the article, that resonated with me because I'd seen it in person.
Some of these same people would later go on to have relationships with postdocs and students, all the while bemoaning male faculty who were in relationships with students. Their female friends who were seeking out senior male faculty somehow ended up being both abused and manipulated, but also the manipulators in their minds, leading to all sorts of paradoxical positions and internal conflict.
I've also seen cases where both parties really are trying to maintain boundaries, but work together daily often for long hours, are similar in interests and personality, and eventually get involved emotionally even though they're trying to avoid it. It's not like undergraduate-faculty relationships that are one-to-many and relatively superficial.
Then there's all the stereotypical stuff, male faculty harassing female students at parties and whatnot, after class, etc.
Everything about this article rang true to me, even the nonsexual aspects of it. All of it.
I know, for example, fellow female graduate students who made it a point to seduce and check off male faculty on lists, often high profile or attractive. One of them ended up getting a job because of this and marrying their goal. This is something mentioned in the article, that resonated with me because I'd seen it in person.
Some of these same people would later go on to have relationships with postdocs and students, all the while bemoaning male faculty who were in relationships with students. Their female friends who were seeking out senior male faculty somehow ended up being both abused and manipulated, but also the manipulators in their minds, leading to all sorts of paradoxical positions and internal conflict.
I've also seen cases where both parties really are trying to maintain boundaries, but work together daily often for long hours, are similar in interests and personality, and eventually get involved emotionally even though they're trying to avoid it. It's not like undergraduate-faculty relationships that are one-to-many and relatively superficial.
Then there's all the stereotypical stuff, male faculty harassing female students at parties and whatnot, after class, etc.
Everything about this article rang true to me, even the nonsexual aspects of it. All of it.