What's more, in traditional society the authority that a master had over his maidservant could easily extend from their working to their private lives, and between them adultery and flirtation were treated as no big deal. This way of thinking survives in the present day, among businessmen who sexually abuse or harass their secretaries with the expectation that they will become their mistresses too.
此外，古代主人對婢女的權力，可以輕易從工作領域跨越到私領域，姦淫調戲不當一回事。這種心態延續至今，則是某些老闆對女秘書懷著「金屋藏嬌」的如意算盤，結果演變為猥褻或騷擾。