@article{ref1,
title="The limits of limit cases: sexual ethics and graduate student-staff relationships",
journal="Sexuality, gender and policy",
year="2023",
author="Sikka, Tina",
volume="6",
number="1",
pages="16-32",
abstract="This article examines whether, and if so how, the alternative model of sexual ethics, namely, a pleasure and care-centred ethic of embodied and relational sexual Otherness, performs when given scenarios or case studies that push up against its ethico-political limits. I focus here on the case of intimate relationships that emerge between graduate students and their supervisors. The two case studies examined are the Avital Ronell case and a composite case constructed from the lived experience and personal stories of women who have what they deem are/were successful intimate relationships with their PhD supervisors--sometimes resulting in marriage. Following a critique of sexual consent, the article engages in a close critical analysis of each case in line with the pleasure and care-centered ethic of embodied and relational sexual Otherness and, in doing so, engages with issues of power, ethicality, pleasure, justice, and gender norms before offering ways forward.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2639-5355",
doi="10.1002/sgp2.12058",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sgp2.12058"
}