#3 Establish a comfort boundary . Comfort seems to be the key word here. Says Dr Purohit, a plastic surgeon at Lilavati hospital, "A professional attitude has to be conveyed to the patient in the way you behave. Women can easily judge when a doctor is examining them or is trying to feel them up - even if they don't know the procedures involved." Avoid any situation that can be misinterpreted. Respect the other person's comfort levels. The minute you feel you've unintentionally crossed a line, apologise.

#4 Trust is important. Make sure, if you have to work together on a regular basis, that your clients trust you. "If my muse has a problem with me touching her chin or back while getting her into position for a shoot, I would not like to work with her," says fashion photographer Faisal Pathan. "It makes me feel inhibited. I need creative freedom to do my job. Also, this brings in issues of trust. If a model doesn't trust me, it becomes difficult to work at all!" Unfortunately, there isn't always time to establish that trust. "Lots of times, the designer just walks up and demands that the model unbutton her top all the way just before she steps onto the ramp. And she'll do it because he is paying her for it," says 19-year-old ramp model, Avaneet Singh*. "People new to the scenario wouldn't dare to protest, nor can they create a scene back stage at the last minute," she adds. It becomes your responsibility, to establish that trust and make the other person feel comfortable. In the models' case, they won't have a problem doing what the photographer or the designer says if they trust them. And if the designer keeps the last minute changes to a minimum and is constantly communicative with his models, things would move smoothly.

# 5 Don't cross that line . Don't take your clients for granted. If you compromise them in any way, they WILL fight back. And then there'll be hell to pay. "My young personal trainer would almost caress my stomach to check if my abs were tightening! The first two times, I was embarrassed and confused but the third time around I pushed his hand away and he got the message," says 24-year-old Neena Kalra*. Purvi Jain* agrees, "I fired my nine-year-old daughter's Kathak teacher when I found him stroking her back one day with one hand while showing her a hand movement with the other." According to us, the dance teacher got off too easy!