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it's very interesting how the "power gap" arguers never use the same argument for other axes of power
like supposedly it's a huge power gap if a 30 year old dates a 23 year old
but it's not a power gap if a white guy dates a black girl
makes no sense whatsoever, literally nobody in the history of the world has been shot for being 23 years old
Not that I necessarily agree with the age gap discourse (never participated), but isn't it a different thing with age since it's about maturation?
Also, I've definitely seen people at least talk about the power dynamics between rich americans dating people in lower income countries. That shit can go sideways fast especially if one individual had the power to decide the other's visa status.
Okay but how is maturity is a source of power? (assuming you can even tell someone's maturity level from age, which is itself a stereotype/very imperfect proxy)
for the record I think that men who exclusively look at young women are creepy but the discourse around it is the same quality as lib discourse on communism
yea but at like 1% the rate of the age gap stuff
I mean, I ain't gonna go too deep into it because I'm not a fan of age gap discourse myself. But I think a sufficiently large maturation could certainly a large power dynamic (ex - adult and child) because I guess maturation allows one to set boundaries more clearly, recognise when they are crossed and enforce them.