People on reddit and lemmy have weird ideas about relationships ought to be.
Provided that both people are adults then age in itself isn’t a problem.
I mean, if a 25 year old has several 50 year old “boyfriends” who each give her a stack of pocket money each month and pay her rent and everything, more power to her right?
The problems arise from a power imbalance. If an older guy has manipulated a younger woman into getting trapped in a shit relationship then that sucks but its not the age that’s the problem.
People on reddit and lemmy have weird ideas about relationships ought to be.
Provided that both people are adults then age in itself isn’t a problem.
I mean, if a 25 year old has several 50 year old “boyfriends” who each give her a stack of pocket money each month and pay her rent and everything, more power to her right?
The problems arise from a power imbalance. If an older guy has manipulated a younger woman into getting trapped in a shit relationship then that sucks but its not the age that’s the problem.
I largely agree that it’s not the age that’s the problem.
The thing is that the age is a useful proxy for all sorts of things that might lead to such power imbalances.
Including:
It isn’t absolute, and context matters, but it is a useful proxy.