"I’m not defending anyone. I’m simply stating that it’s none of your business what GROWN women do."
- True! People, women in particular, can do whatever they want. Nobody is negating that. You're forgetting about the inherent contemptuous relationship between women and the people (men) who ultimately make up the rules of society (MEN. ITS MEN. OLDER MEN SPECIFICALLY.), which results in women's decisions being made under sociopolitical coercion, even in their personal lives.
"By law, anyone over 18 is an adult and a 26yr old is a grown ass woman who can most definitely date another adult."
- By law, child marriages are legal in a fair few US states. Your appeal to tradition/authority is a logical fallacy.
"Idc if this is against your morals or ethics but those are subjective (only for you) not objective (which is what the law is)."
- Morals are a personal set of beliefs one lives their life by; ethics are a broadly accepted list of values that apply across a population (see: ethical code). Also, laws are inherently NOT objective; they're written by people with agendas who are coerced with money or power from donors/bribes. Be so fr right now.
"Dude many 30-40+ year old men marry 18+ year old girls around the world."
1. That doesn't make it an ethical practice.
2. Why? What are these much older men getting out of these relationships with brand new adults with little to no life experience compared to them? How does this serve these older men in these relationships?
"Also news flash, not every girl wants a guy their age, some want a guy much older than them."
- Again, why. Why does this occur? Why are you declaring this as a fact of life and not an effect of social conditioning in the greater scheme?
"If it’s not your thing then that’s cool but don’t pretend like like a 40yr old and a 26yr old is weird."
- Equating a personal preference to something that reflects a much larger societal issue is... well, stupid. Because it really is fucking weird, considering that women who date/marry men either younger OR OLDER than her by 7+ years, her life expectancy decreases by 20%.
"It’s not, you’re just living a sheltered life or you’re simply uncultured (some of these are cultural things, something you wouldn’t understand because you’re narrow minded)."
- This may come as a shock to you, but some cultural practices and traditions are inherently harmful to the women in those cultures, and they're aware of the danger because THEY'RE THE ONES EXPRESSING THESE CONCERNS. Seeing a young woman and empathizing with her life stage as she's going into a marriage with a man nearly twice her age is not "narrow minded", it's intuition based on reality.
FBI crime statistics reflect how men are the overwhelming perpetrators of violence against women. Demographic data suggests that women face a higher likelihood of interpersonal violence if their male partner is much older than them. Feminist scholars have been talking about the socioeconomic power imbalances between men and women for decades, and how those systemic issues affect women down to a personal level.
This is not just about this one couple. It's about the ones before them, and the ones you see in your everyday life, and the ones that end up as crime statistics. Be realistic and look at the world around you without the rose colored glasses for once.
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