Betrayal of Trust: Sex and Power in Professional Relationships

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For generations, untold numbers of women suffered the silent horror of being sexually exploited by respected professional men whom society deemed above reproach.

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The frightened cries of these victims fell on deaf ears. Lately, the epidemic abuse of professional power for sexual favors has secured a prominent place in America's conscience. Victimized women are now empowered to speak out as society tries to understand how and why their pillars have fallen. In this thought-provoking book, women who have been coerced into sexual liaisons by lawyers, doctors, clergymen, educators, and other professionals reveal their experiences and the toll it took on their lives.

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Their recollections provide fresh insight into why some women are vulnerable to exploitation and what leads these men to risk their entire livelihoods to seduce their patient, client, or confidante. What ensues is an in-depth examination of a type of relationship that begins with trust, feeds on real or imagined attraction, and often ends in emotional ruin.

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In Betrayal of Trust , studying the actual relationship is only the beginning. Friedman and Boumil dig deeper to educate about exploitative situations.

INFIDELITY SERIES: Once Trust is Broken, Can it Be Healed? - Esther Perel

Readers will learn about early warning signs for recognizing when a professional relationship is crossing the dangerous boundary line between professionalism and sexual abuse. On the legal front, new laws and statutes concerning sexual exploitation and malpractice are considered along with the time, financial, and emotional ramifications of lawsuits and other legal recourse. Victims are taken step-by-step through the long psychological healing process that leads from anger, shame, and guilt to vindication, resolution, and recovery.

Related issues such as mutual consent and the ethics of sexual relationships between a man and woman after termination of their professional relationship are also discussed.

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