The context here is particularly creepy, no doubt. But the point I’m trying to make is that reducing these scenarios to the narrow confines of the law, without trying to be kinder to one another, is going to result in hollow, ineffective, and ultimately lacking outcomes. To me the point isn’t to gather in the town…

Fair enough, but I guess my thinking is that things aren’t wrong because they’re illegal. We decide to make them illegal because they are wrong to begin with.

I was a bit older than Bennett when my thirty-something boss and I began a consensual relationship. It was a “making up for lost time” sexual-shenanigans proposition for her and a “wow, this is the smartest, coolest, most interesting woman in the world” scenario for me.