Washington

IN AN era when the lines between our personal and professional lives have blurred - when we are Facebook friends with our bosses and spend more time at work than anywhere else - it would be natural to think that the stigma over office hook-ups has lessened. And it has, to some extent, if the relationship involves people who are truly peers.

But if one of the parties is a manager or someone else with disproportionate power? Well, then the trend is moving in the other direction.