@FariusValz
For a Therapist, you just did a lot of jumping to conclusions.
First, let me say that I generally do not advocate for therapist/patient relationships, because the patient tends to have mental health issues and they are there for your help. Any role a therapist takes, aside from focusing on rehabilitation, in that regard, would by definition be taking advantage of them. Again, this is because they are not mentally well, not because of "power imbalance," which is a bullshit term made up by morons with control and trust issues. People who are not mentally well are in no position to consent to a sexual relationship, and a personal relationship would most likely cause them to form an attachment to you, which would only hurt them more, once you inevitably must sever that tie, when they no longer need therapy (this is of course assuming it is not a genuine friendship, but an unduly friendly relationship taken up during the course of therapy). I should also point out that I only said I "generally" do not advocate for that type of relationship, because there are people who have court-mandated therapy sessions for things like anger management, sometimes for bullshit reasons (ex: she hit her abusive husband in the face, while trying to leave him, so she needs to learn to control her anger), in which case they would not be mentally ill and could consent to a relationship. That is the ONLY reason I use "generally," and not "in no circumstance".
That being said, the way you word this makes it sound like you believe that the only way for a relationship to happen between a patient and a therapist is by blackmail, using personal information, which is blatantly untrue. Things like the patient falling in love with their therapist are extremely common, which is why therapists are trained to not reciprocate those feelings, because again, the patient is almost always mentally ill. The problem lies in mental stability, NOT a power struggle. If what you are saying is true, then everyone you opened up to would have already blackmailed you into a relationship. Just because someone has the ABILITY to blackmail you, does NOT mean they will. This is an extremely fucking simple concept that none of the people replying to me seem to understand and it's starting to really become irritating.
Also, yes, I agree with everything you said, in regards to the child/adult pedo bullshit. It's morally reprehensible and in no way, shape, or form defendable, and nor should it ever be.
Now, let me say this in bold, directed to any other SJWs or control freaks try to reply to me with "bUt MuH pOsItIoN oF pOwEr!!!":
Everyone has some form of power against another person, in a relationship. ALWAYS. If I have the remote, I am now in a "position of power" over my wife, because she needs me to change the channel. This does not mean I am inherently oppressing her. If I make more money than my wife, I am in a "position of power" over her, because I can afford more things than her. I am still not oppressing her. If I am my wife's boss, I am in a "position of power" over her. THIS STILL DOES NOT MEAN I AM INHERENTLY OPPRESSING HER.
Do you know why all of those statements are true? Because humans can have more than one role at a time. We are not ONLY our jobs. If I am my wife's boss, guess what? She can still dominate and abuse me at home. Does that make her the oppressor now? It should, but according to you people, she CAN'T be oppressing me, because I oppress HER, in a different environment.
As for the other argument commonly presented, if everyone took advantage of every possibility, to be as evil, corrupt, and abusive as they possibly could, every time they were given the ability to, everyone would be completely evil all the time, anyway, and it wouldn't matter if someone was in a "position of power" in any way, shape or form. Not every person on the planet is a complete piece of shit. Human beings have the ability to not take advantage of every goddamn situation they're able to.
That is all. Now, please, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, if anyone else in this fucking thread thinks it's a good idea to try to come at me with another one of these asinine arguments: DON'T. I do not want to engage in another conversation with you. I do not want to waste any more of my time revisiting this fucking topic.
DON'T. @. ME.