Conservatives are absolutely already using this moment to bring up the age people can transition. Granted most of them seem to think there are toddlers getting reassignment surgery, so it's not exactly rooted in reality.
I tend to think that an 18 year-old does have the right to decide if they want to date somebody older than them. That being said, being in my 30s, the concept of dating an 18 year-old sounds extremely weird to me. I have no interest in developing an intimate relationship with somebody that much younger than me and I would strongly question the motivations of somebody who does, at least until the younger person reaches their late 20s.
So I don't really know. I don't think I'd support making a relationship like this illegal, but I don't think it should be normalized in society either. Maybe that's hypocritical?
Dating a significantly older person is not at like taking hrt when your twelve. If anything having more kids willingly take hrt will result in less discord shenanigans between minors and discord predators.
I'd have to defer to people with more knowledge of hrt on the specifics there, but I absolutely agree that comparing taking hrt in your teens to dating somebody 30 years older than you is completely ridiculous.
Conservatives are absolutely already using this moment to bring up the age people can transition. Granted most of them seem to think there are toddlers getting reassignment surgery, so it's not exactly rooted in reality.
I tend to think that an 18 year-old does have the right to decide if they want to date somebody older than them. That being said, being in my 30s, the concept of dating an 18 year-old sounds extremely weird to me. I have no interest in developing an intimate relationship with somebody that much younger than me and I would strongly question the motivations of somebody who does, at least until the younger person reaches their late 20s.
So I don't really know. I don't think I'd support making a relationship like this illegal, but I don't think it should be normalized in society either. Maybe that's hypocritical?
Dating a significantly older person is not at like taking hrt when your twelve. If anything having more kids willingly take hrt will result in less discord shenanigans between minors and discord predators.
I'd have to defer to people with more knowledge of hrt on the specifics there, but I absolutely agree that comparing taking hrt in your teens to dating somebody 30 years older than you is completely ridiculous.