Editing Ethical relationship (section)

== Basics ==

Usually studied is the relationship between the [[motherhood|mother and child]], and second most basic is between [[sexual partner]]s—the focus of [[feminism]] and [[Queer theory]] respectively, in which relationships are central. Family role theory extends this to study paternalistic, maternalistic and sibling roles, and postulates that one's later relationships are formed largely in order to fill the roles one has grown to find comfortable as part of one's family environment—the family of origin thus setting pattern for the family of choice. Another type of ethical relationship is that between the student at an institution and his or her instructor. Because teaching is “leadership based upon moral and ethical principles.” The student is positioned into a role where participation means understanding and resolving multiple issues of ethics, including the actions of his or her professor or instructor.