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%BOUNDARIES INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS INTIMACY+990205
%FRIENDSHIP HONESTY FAMILY PRIVACY SEXUALITY SIN+990205
%ABUSE ASSAULT VIOLENCE COERCION MANIPULATION GOD+990205
%POWER CORRUPTION IMBALANCES EXTREMES REJECTIONS+990205
%STUDENT TEACHER PROFESSOR PASTOR PRIEST CHURCH+990205
%EMPLOYER EMPLOYEE MANAGER WORKER BOSS POLICE 990205
In the ABSENCE of PRUDENT RESPECT for healthy
boundaries --- personal and communal integrity are
threatened.
In the PRESENCE of PREOCCUPATIONS WITH ISSUES OF
CONTROL over other people's inter-personal boundaries ---
personal and communal integrity are threatened.
It is not simple to articulate guidelines, rules
and/or laws which say clearly and simply what boundaries
should be respected and supported in inter-personal
relationships. Even so, a few general principles may
helpfully be suggested:
1. The greater is the power-disparity between two
people the greater the care should be exercised to protect
the vulnerable person against abuse by the more powerful
person.
2. The greater is the power disparity between two
persons the greater the care should be exercised to assure
that what are ostensibly "mutual relationships" are in
fact genuinely appreciated by the more vulnerable person.
3. The greater is the recent pattern of
discrimination and/or prejudice against the minority
groups with which the less powerful and/or more vulnerable
person is associated --- the less powerful such a person
should be considered, in relationship to these guidelines.
4. The following considerations bear significantly
upon how much power a person has: age, education, economic
status, birth-status, race, ethnic-group, positions held,
fame, accomplishments, religious-affiliation, formal power
structures and relationships, informal power structures
and relationships.
5. The following considerations bear significantly
upon how vulnerable a person may be: age, injuries,
health, disabilities, sex, sexual-orientation, creativity,
political involvements, affiliation with controversial
causes, etc.
6. Extreme efforts to codify rules regarding
boundaries between people who are involved intimately
with each other --- may be efforts which are motivated by
desires to be in control; as well as by desires to protect
those who are vulnerable and powerless.
(c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in
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