| Dear Prudence Sex and the University In a live chat, Prudie advises a woman itching to spill the beans on an improper school affair. By Emily Yoffe
Posted Monday, Aug 12, 2013, at 06:50 PM ET  Emily Yoffe, aka Dear Prudence, is on Washingtonpost.com weekly to chat live with readers. An edited transcript of the chat is below. (Sign up here to get Dear Prudence delivered to your inbox each week. Read Prudie's Slate columns here. Send questions to Prudence at prudence@slate.com.) See Emily live! She will be talking to Slate editor David Plotz and taking questions at Sixth and I in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 11. For tickets and more information, click here. Emily Yoffe: Good afternoon, everyone. I look forward to your questions. Q. Wish I Didn't Know About Friend's Affair: I have an emotionally unstable 30-year-old friend, who has been in therapy for over a year but dismisses most of the therapist's advice. This friend, "Sarah," is a staff member at a university research center and is having an affair with one of the students. She is one of his supervisors and has influence over his grades. "Tom" is older, married with children, emotionally manipulative, and verbally abusive toward her. This affair has been ongoing for around nine months, and he says many clichéd things about his relationship with his wife. Their relationship is against university policy, and it is causing problems with other students who suspect something is going on between Tom and Sarah. Tom is treated favorably in comparison to the other students by Sarah and Sarah's boss. I have a professional relationship with the university, but am not directly affiliated ... To continue reading, click here.
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