Author Topic: Patrick Brown #MeToo  (Read 3917 times)

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Re: Patrick Brown #MeToo
« Reply #60 on: January 28, 2018, 11:24:22 am »
Well I'm still intrigued by this Margaret Trudeau thing.  So, if I have this right, people in the late 1960s thought it was okay that an 18 year old woman could have a relationship with a much older man, if that was what she wanted?  And now 50 years later an 18 year old woman is too vulnerable to make those decisions for herself?

What happened?  Did women get weaker and dumber in the past 50 years?

 -k

Child marriages have fallen out of fashion, too.  It doesn't mean that 15-year-olds are dumber and weaker than they used to be.

At the time, as I recall, a lot of men were envious and a lot of women sighed and shook their heads.    And of course, the assumption by many was that, in the way of women everywhere and throughout history, Margaret had essentially prostituted herself in return for money and status.  It wasn't completely uncontroversial and Margaret did spend a bit of time defending her interest in an older man.   I think the lack of wholesale condemnation had more to do with women still being seen as needing a man to be complete and fullfilled, rather than a reflection of an 18 year old being fully mature and autonomous and able to make her own decisions.

How young are you, anyway?  :)