Which sexual relationship pair has the greatest power imbalance?
- Bilionaire/minwage worker32.1%
- 35yo/16yo35.7%
- 85 IQ/150 iq32.2%
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I’m surprised so many people chose Billionare-minwage worker. I don’t see a problem with this dynamic unless the billionaire is the boss of the min-wage worker. Even over age??
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“Problematic” isn’t the question though. It’s the relative imbalance of power, and that seems not a particularly close question to me.
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It's power in relation to a sexual relationship, not purchasing power or political power.
So many people deny agency to low paid people, it's pretty vile actually.
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Yeah, it’s not denying agency to a poor person to point out that the resources available to a billionaire to affect the material conditions of their existence literally 5 orders of magnitude (10,000x) larger than a minimum wage worker. None of the other options are close to that.
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but in a loving / sexual relationship i simply do not believe that a difference in wealth results in a power imbalance greater than in the other two options where the brains / intellect of one party is not fully developed
an IQ of 85 is a real barrier to making informed decisons
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You’re conflating “not as large” with “small”. The prompt intentionally presents three situations where there is obvious power imbalance. Though if we’re getting into it, 85 IQ isn’t that low. One standard deviation. Definitely not “real barrier to making informed decisions.”
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Still a lot less agency than a mere wealth imbalance.
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The power difference between a billionaire and a minimum wage worker is hard to fathom. Let’s look at the scarcity of billionaires vs people with 150 IQ.
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~.15% of people have an IQ of 150 or higher. That’s roughly 1 out of 666 people. Statistically, there would be dozens of people at least that smart in attendance at any large professional sporting event.
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