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^^I'm not sure what this means. The article is real, in that it is an actual article that was actually published in Rolling Stone, but the anecdotes related within it don't represent me or anybody I've ever known at Wellesley. There are students and professors at every college who flirt or do worse with each other, and it might happen at Wellesley too--but it is hardly a common occurrence. The professor quoted sounds like a slimeball and I'd being willing to bet that the fact that he did not remain at Wellesley *did* have something to do with his relationships with students. I've been to many office hours and observed many of my compatriots--none of us was there to flirt. I've also never seen any one have anything other than friendly banter with a dining hall employee. The online resume that is referenced in the story has gone out of style big time, just in general (I'm a junior now and I barely heard of them my first year, and that was from older students (obviously)). The part about general sexual relationships comes closest to the truth--I think people do feel more comfortable here talking about sex than they might in a coed environment. Every story like this has a grain of truth. But to say that Wellesley has a highly-charged erotic atmosphere would be laughable if you knew anything about the day-to-day workings of the campus. It is also offensive and reductive to me that the only interest many people show in an excellent school like Wellesley is in the students' sexuality--it just furthers the idea that no matter what you do in life as a women, your sexuality is the only thing that really matters about you.
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