Only 31% of respondents belong to the category where no relationship has been started
Turning directly to the attitudes of our respondents, we have identified several interesting antecedent factors. 52% of students said they had a crush on a professor. 37% said they fantasized about their professors, and 29% said they had ever flirted with them. Among teachers, these figures differed. 23% said they had a crush on a student. 22% fantasized about their students, and only 14% reached the level of flirting.
There is a higher number of initiated relationships among the students at 36%, yet the professors have started 33% of the connections. The motivation for the relationship included the presence of romantic feelings, as one can see that 45% of students belong to this category. The second primary reason is related to seeking a new experience. Only 15% of respondents claim that they sought an older and/or more experienced partner. Contrary to popular belief, the problems with a current partner only make it to 10% of respondents. The better grades objective involves only 11% of respondents, while the professors that would hit on students conclude 19%.
Statistically, 57% of professors stated that they had had no crush on a student, while only 23% of respondents had a crush on a student. Flirting included only 14% of professors, while fantasies included only 22% of respondents. We can also see that 86% of professors did not engage in a romantic relationship.
Most students with relationships with professors turned to sexting at 48%. According to professors, 40% of respondents sent nude photography to each other.
The students said that the average length of such dating had been five months, where the most prolonged duration was 16 months, and the shortest was only one month
Now the main question is: how did the dating happen, and whether it has been secretly? The survey shows that 47% of respondents dated secretly, and only 11% of couples believed telling someone was acceptable. Likewise, 11% did tell someone, and only 11% decided to date openly. However, the actual going out on dates was limited to 22% of respondents. Only 19% of professors dated secretly, while 10% of respondents dated openly. Based on the survey, only 15% of professors listened to what their co-workers said.
When asked about initiating a relationship, 25% of respondents could not tell who had started it; only 8% of professors claimed they were the ones to start. Speaking of romance, 20% of respondents had romantic feelings. The students that started to hit on professors resulted in only 7%.
Without a doubt, there was a social judgment that was limited to 22% of participants, yet there is a higher number of 37% who did not face any negative consequences. There is equality between feeling ashamed of the situation and being judged by other students who knew of the case, at 19%.
Statistical data shows that fellow students mainly influenced students, while only 9% of college professors have faced negative opinions of what other professors thought.
Getting into deeper detail, 41% of students did not include sending photographs that contain nudity, virtual sex, or sexting
According to professors, an average relationship lasts for three months, with the longest being at 10 months. It shows that college professors see the length of an average relationship differently, as the statistical survey data shows.
An exciting aspect worth mentioning is that 59% of students did not have their grades change, and only 25% of students got better grades due to dating. While most students did not consider relationships as a way to improve their academic studies, professors also did not consider changing anyone’s grades. The professors stated that the grades weren’t the deciding factor, at 38% of unaffected students and only 15% of those who changed their grades.