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After all, gay marriage is also illegal in several states, and I would imagine several of us would not be against the idea of gay people getting married in a different state just because it is illegal in our particular state.
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I find this to be a ridiculous and slightly offensive comparison. It completely minimizes the struggle for glbt people to make a far-fetched point. Discuss all you like why you want to have an affair with your therapist and why or why that should be legal or not— but can we not minimize or conflate the historic struggles of an entire community to make that point, please?
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It's like the new and final frontier of transgression, replacing what used to be unique stigma of LGBT relationships.
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Um.... I appreciate the rest what you're trying to say but again, just I don't think the comparison is appropriate. I person born gay, is not the same as someone who enters a profession as an adult and with the understanding of those rules in place before they get there. The Gay-marriage thing just fails as a metaphor, I think.
The main difference between a partner and a therapists strikes me as rather obvious. A partner isn't
paid to listen to you and set their own lives aside as a starting point. A partner doesn't have professional training to be a partner with a license or, theoretically, I assume, have several other 'partners' whom he/she is paid to be patient and advise.
As to why it is illegal, I would think all one has to do is re-read the numerous threads here by people who have been abused and manipulated by their therapists. How are we to protect the fragile ethic that is already challenged by so many bad therapists already?
There are also plenty of articles out there written by therapists as to why patient/Therapist relationships are damaging and unethical.