Err, the powerholder (whether male or female) is the one alleged to have the improper relationships.
Because the powerholder is the one in control.
Not in the situation discussed here, 'the ladies'.
So lest any reader be given the impression that participants in this discussion are sex mad,
let us remember that abuse occurs at many dimensions and the law can be broken in many areas by a guru who commits no known sexual misdeeds but is abusive in other ways.
Andrew Cohen, an American born protege of Poonja, became well documented as a notoriously abusive guru - emotionally abusive, financially abusive, rituals of humiliation.
Non sexual abuses perpetrated by gurus
Disruption of local or national politics (Rajneesh and various Indian godmen)
If an abusive guru and ashram behave in ways that disrupt national politics (Indian godmen) or disrupt local politics (Rajneesh), that too is abuse.
* Disciple's children denied health care and education
* Disciple's lives and careers thwarted and derailed.
* Children abandoned or neglected because disciple parents are preoccuppied with
the guru.
* Disciples who are professionals committing illegal acts by putting the guru's
orders above the best interests of their patients/clients. (Example. In SYDA yoga one ex disciple revealed that psychotherapists who were disciples were encouraged to recruit their patients into SYDA yoga and would tell the guru confidential information about clients who also were disciples.)
* Housing disciples in unsafe conditions
* Disciples denied adequate medical care.
* Inadequate diet
* The guru creates goon squads that terrorize the local population
* The guru takes over the government of the local area through bribery and large
purchases of property
* No aftercare for disciples who become ill or disoriented
* Pressuring disciples to hand over large sums of money
* Immigration fraud
* Disciples becoming unable to function in mainstream society due to meditation
induced dissociation
Because the powerholder is the one in control.
Not in the situation discussed here, 'the ladies'.
So lest any reader be given the impression that participants in this discussion are sex mad,
let us remember that abuse occurs at many dimensions and the law can be broken in many areas by a guru who commits no known sexual misdeeds but is abusive in other ways.
Andrew Cohen, an American born protege of Poonja, became well documented as a notoriously abusive guru - emotionally abusive, financially abusive, rituals of humiliation.
Non sexual abuses perpetrated by gurus
Disruption of local or national politics (Rajneesh and various Indian godmen)
If an abusive guru and ashram behave in ways that disrupt national politics (Indian godmen) or disrupt local politics (Rajneesh), that too is abuse.
* Disciple's children denied health care and education
* Disciple's lives and careers thwarted and derailed.
* Children abandoned or neglected because disciple parents are preoccuppied with
the guru.
* Disciples who are professionals committing illegal acts by putting the guru's
orders above the best interests of their patients/clients. (Example. In SYDA yoga one ex disciple revealed that psychotherapists who were disciples were encouraged to recruit their patients into SYDA yoga and would tell the guru confidential information about clients who also were disciples.)
* Housing disciples in unsafe conditions
* Disciples denied adequate medical care.
* Inadequate diet
* The guru creates goon squads that terrorize the local population
* The guru takes over the government of the local area through bribery and large
purchases of property
* No aftercare for disciples who become ill or disoriented
* Pressuring disciples to hand over large sums of money
* Immigration fraud
* Disciples becoming unable to function in mainstream society due to meditation
induced dissociation