TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - The limits of limit cases: sexual ethics and graduate student-staff relationships
JO  - Sexuality, gender and policy
A1  - Sikka, Tina
SP  - 16
EP  - 32
VL  - 6
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 2639-5355
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sgp2.12058
ID  - ref1
ER  -