My FWB started a new dating account app just for casual sex/one night stands/casual sexting and set the age range as 18-35. They’re 26 years old.
Is it creepy/predatory to potentially have a one night stand/casual sex(ting) with someone as young as 18 at that age? I figured not since they’re not looking for anything long-term or romantic, but I’m on the spectrum so I’m really not good at assessing this kind of stuff in relationships.
I think the intense focus on age gaps is a kind of neo-prudery. There's more potential for an imbalance of power when a 35 year old is dating an 18 year old, but there are plenty of abusive relationships between 18 year olds and 18 year olds, and 35 year olds and 35 year olds. Dating someone much younger than you raises a red flag, but it's not inherently predatory and it's also not the place of randos on the internet to police every relationship between consenting adults. Dating an 18 year old is kind of sketch, but it is absolutely not in any way pedophilia. 18 year olds are generally considered to be adults and you have to let adults do their own thing and potentially make mistakes.
TLDR; The intense focus that very online leftists have on age gaps in relationships is more problematic than age gaps in relationships.
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