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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

19 year old girl is not 12 year old, she knows what she is doing it is not always 100% man fault you know women agree to this shit. She is complicit in this fucked-up semi-relationship. If she is not mentally retarded or traumatized she is complicit. I have no sympathy for teenagers dating old men.

[–]Poppy 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

In every part of the world the age of consent should be upped to 20, and the age gap should be considered until 25 at least

[–]Happy_face_caller 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah it’s baffling that women would do this or date imprisoned serial killers.

I’ll never understand it

[–]slayeroftruth 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Men who go for those big age gaps are abusive. I think we need to teach that mature girl and young women will never be on level of adult male maturity. They also go for much younger girls and young women who have very low self esteem. Society also grooms girls with the "age is just number" myth and about sugar babies dynamic. They are saturated with bs lie so they have very naïve view. Some of us can see through it and others can't. Trust me these girls/young women will realize when they age out. Sometimes that's the only way.

[–]Portrynial 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't know about him specifically, but I'd suspect that some men blackmail women into relationships with them. For that reason, it might not be fair to call any young woman in an age gap relationship a "pick me."

Then again it could also be that the younger woman had bad experiences with immature guys her age. Or is just a sugar baby.

I feel like "pickme" should usually just be used for women who harm or say harmful things to/about other women. For instance the ones who insult women, so that guys will like them. Or the ones who abuse rape victims, spit on feminism, or criticize you by calling you a "man-hater" or tell you to just get over it if a male harms you, and things like that.

I feel like there should be a different word for gals who just make bad dating choices. Maybe something like "lost girls." Or something else.

I shouldn't be commenting on this topic though. It's hypocritical of me because I'm a cougar. Only because guys my age are not attractive, but guys in their 20s sometimes are..