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  • “just because it’s legal doesn’t make it okay.”

    I know.

    There’s a massive power imbalance in a relationship like that where the 30-something has basically total control.

    I’ll not agree and say it depends on the two people. It might also not be a relationship and just a one time sex thing, or other. But I’ll agree that it doesn’t sound good in general, but it’s pretty common and doesn’t always end badly.

    Half your age plus seven is the rule of thumb that I’ve heard. At 18, that means the lowest you should be dating is 16. At 32, it’s 23. Etc.

    I know this rule and I find it too restrictive at specific ages, and generalizing something that can’t be only related to age. It all depends on the personality and maturity of the 2.


    My take: being attracted to minors when 23+ isn’t fine and pretty disgusting (when the main goal is sex or similar), but if the people talk a lot and learn about each other, then falling in love isn’t so disgusting and is understandable, although the adult should really pay attention to how they behave and should avoid any hierarchy










  • Well, that’s something that I’ll never understand. The whole “trans women are (not) women” thing is a giant rage bait. But hey, I’m on blahaj and lemmy, so my freedom of speech on this issue is restricted.

    Didn’t see what the specifics are, but if it’s simply the “sex refers to biological sex” then I don’t see anything wrong with that. We just need to specify “sex” or “gender” based on the different cases.




  • I believe the court ruling was the legal meaning only. When a legal text says “female” it implies biological female (as sex, not gender) which is understandable. Same for medication notices etc…

    I’ve not checked though but the main source of fight is whether we’re talking about sex or gender. There are two sides, the ones that assume “female”/“women” refer to sex by default and the ones that assume it refers to gender by default.