It's something that is prevalent in every society accross the globe
yes, but so is patriarchy. the sample pool is a little bit tainted. men have been taught that they own women since i honestly don't even know when, the advent of agriculture? the birth of christianity? who fucking knows, but the point is that something being normalized doesn't make it necessarily natural.
I don't know I'm no expert
now this? this i feel. i don't know shit either. luckily we're not setting the laws that dictate age gaps in relationships. this is just conversation.
if you try to date women older than you [...]
ngl this was not my experience in the slightest when i was a boy but i acknowledge that's purely anecdotal and probably its own set of issues. i will say though that yes, of course you're going to receive more societal pushback and all around have a harder time than a 50 year old dad looking for an 18 year old girl to fuck. it's not normalized for men (or masculine people in general,) to desire women older than they are, even if it's a completely normal age gap (whatever that means to you, but let's say something widely regarded as otherwise inoffensive like 3-5 years).
the advent of agriculture? the birth of christianity
it was agriculture at least the Romans literally had sexual assault classified legally as a property damage crime against the woman's husband or father and that was pre-Christianity. If anything Abrahamic religion made Europe better in that regard
i wasn't, but i understand that was not explicit.
yes, but so is patriarchy. the sample pool is a little bit tainted. men have been taught that they own women since i honestly don't even know when, the advent of agriculture? the birth of christianity? who fucking knows, but the point is that something being normalized doesn't make it necessarily natural.
now this? this i feel. i don't know shit either.
luckily we're not setting the laws that dictate age gaps in relationships. this is just conversation.
ngl this was not my experience in the slightest when i was a boy but i acknowledge that's purely anecdotal and probably its own set of issues. i will say though that yes, of course you're going to receive more societal pushback and all around have a harder time than a 50 year old dad looking for an 18 year old girl to fuck. it's not normalized for men (or masculine people in general,) to desire women older than they are, even if it's a completely normal age gap (whatever that means to you, but let's say something widely regarded as otherwise inoffensive like 3-5 years).
it was agriculture at least the Romans literally had sexual assault classified legally as a property damage crime against the woman's husband or father and that was pre-Christianity. If anything Abrahamic religion made Europe better in that regard