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Everyone under the age of 25 should be strapped to a booster seat and given a binky and a rattle

Struggle session not related to the revolution, struggle session for its own sake, is useless.

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Leftists: "What two consenting adults do in the bedroom is not anyone else's business."

Also leftists: This

someday we will study what drives people to constantly start conversations with random strangers about who should and should not be having sex, imagining all the details that make them angry and constantly proposing new rules about it

Every time I see something like this get posted the age gap gets narrower and narrower, and I'm excited to see where it ends up

counterpoint: that's two consenting adults and none of my business :big-cool:

There isn't a defined line for when an age gap is bad because it's only one factor and while there is obviously a power dynamic between differently aged people that doesn't necessarily make the relationship harmful. As others have pointed out, there are power dynamics in every relationship. What's important is whether it's being utilized or not.

I think it's ultimately problem of alienation under capitalism. Ideally, under communism, you could rely more on the community to prevent predatory or abusive relationships without having super strict rules. I think 19-26 is in a grey area, it could easily be predatory but it's possible for it not to be. I'd rather err on the side of bodily autonomy.

I find it preposterous that you're talking about "power dynamics" when the 25 year old in this situation, at the time, was a poor intern at The Young Turks (making $25,000 / year in Los Angeles) who has lifelong body dysmorphia from being overweight as a teenager. While on the other hand, the 19 year old in this situation was literally

I mean, if anything, the 19 year old had more power in that relationship. She literally had 1,000,000 x more money than he did, at the time. He was literally a broke-ass boy toy to her. Do you not get that? Does six years of age make up for millions of dollars? And a nineteen year old who grew up in that environment is going to be very, very mature for their age.

tl;dr: LET STRAIGHT WOMEN HAVE BOY TOYS.

She consents. He consents. They were both adults. They were both mature. They are literally still friends with each other, on good terms. Please don't fall into the negative side of being parasocial. This is not even something worth talking about.

Under communism the age of consent will be 45:garf-troll:

OP, what's it like being clinically allergic to context? Every other question you pose basically boils down to historically particular context, this one especially.

Hot take: men should not fuck women.

It’s not illegal, but it’s still weird, creepy and potentially harmful and no amount of lambasting about “it being enough internet for today” will make it not true.

love a thread that reminds me hexbear came out of reddit

I am 23. Whenever I accidentally come across nude pictures of an 18 year old (sometimes unavoidable on the internet, even when not searching for it) my immediate reaction is "ew, that is a child, I don't want to see that"

I cannot imagine what kind of disgusting freak you have to be to pursue these children into your 30s and 40s. :gulag:

Half your age plus seven, a nineteen year old is an adult and they can make their own decisions. As long as the 26 year old isn't their boss or some other category with power over the 19 year old it's fine.

If a 24yo and a 18yo meet and become friends, and then start dating a few years later, is this also weird and creepy?

Asking for a friend.

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I could believe a lot of such relationships aren't for the best, but I was dating 17 years my senior @ 18 and 31 years my senior @ 28. With that background, I'm fine with it personally.