I had a lot of female professors, however I could not bond with them on a gender level. The issue here seems to be comfort level, rather than ethnicity. These poor darlings are in a new and strange environment and they need to be comforted. But in one class I was accused by a fellow student of creating a hositle environment becuase I kept disagreeing with everyone, including myself. The professor threw the other student out after calling him an intellectual wimp.
I hope this sheltered hot house flower learns about how to survive in strange places with strange colored people in it becuase she'll need in life.
Well, you could, but that is a different type of "bonding" <wink>