Yeah, bro. She doesn’t look twenty. She looks seventeen. If you regularly have to google to find out whether or not the women you’re attracted to are legal then it’s probable that you have a problem you could benefit from fixing.

That’s true. I do typically assume most married people are around 25/26. Though actually in the United States it’s 29. 31 in Canada.

If they’re putting it out in the world and normalizing the behavior then they’re affecting people with it.

No. I actually think if a mature adult were skeeving on 18 year olds that would also be scummy and worth talking to a therapist about.

I think if we were being honest about when adulthood starts...on average it’d be closer to twenty. Sure, there are some outliers who are ready for adulthood and self-assured at 16 or 17...but they’re just that. Outliers. And that’s not because of being coddled, that’s neuroscience. The brain doesn’t even finish…

I’ve linked to an opinion piece, a factual study, and a wikipedia source citing the numerous criticisms of evpsych, which is a pretty heavily disputed school of thought (for good fucking reason) so I apologize if that seemed like a better play than linking to each individual critique of why it’s pretty much a useless…

Evolutionary psych isn’t an ‘entire scientific field’

I mean, the first step is to accept that allyship isn’t about awards or accolades or friends. You don’t fight for a person’s rights because you want them to be your bestie, you fight because they are a person and should be treated as such. If you’re worrying that it’s not enough and you still won’t be…

You should probably try to get a refund on your bio degree, man. Even evolutionary psych (which is a misogynistic cesspool) does not support this position.
Here’s an older but pretty basic/easy to understand study.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2002-06-25/features/0206250014_1_charges-against-r-kelly-pedophilia-child-pornography-charges
The good news about ephebophilia is that unlike pedophilia it does respond to therapist treatment. It also is not seen as being as ‘dangerous’ though I know plenty of women who were…

That was the joke, Ted.

But seriously, go talk to a doctor. Sexual attraction to teenagers is not exactly normal for someone presumably old enough to be married, despite what porn may make you believe. A good therapist should be able to help with that.

Must come from different areas, because while most of the people I’ve dated were poor, most of my social circle was not.  
It didn’t change how I felt about them as romantic prospects.
Money isn’t a reason anyone worth dating becomes interested in someone. It can’t make you interesting. It can’t make you fun to be…

Eh. Money can take pressure off, but any woman that wants you to pay for a date isn’t worth getting to know.
Hang out with friends. Start a board game night. Make lots of female friends who really are just friends and might introduce you to women they know you’ll like based on personality. Friends’ parties are a great…

Speaking from experience...at 23 my parents were helping me out with things like insurance, but all money for things like food came from my paychecks.

Money does make a difference. But it will never in and of itself be enough reason to date someone. Women and men look for the same things, physical attraction,…

At 23 most girls would rather be budgeting for Taco Bell with a guy they actually enjoy being around than eating at a five star with someone they don’t.
Quite frankly I’d still rather share a frozen pizza with someone I’m into.
That said, money definitely helps to reduce drama down the road. Regardless of who is…

Lack of healthcare.

Dude. Your entire statement, beginning to end, was out of bounds. Referring to someone’s gender identity as a lifestyle? “Suburban Chic” is a lifestyle. “Soccer Mom” is a lifestyle. Your romantic, sexual, and gender identities are a crucial part of your personhood. By saying you ‘don’t approve’ of your friend’s…

Maybe just keep working on developing empathy until your regressive antiquated attitude dissipates and until then think of it as a pus filled wound that no one wants to see or hear about, but that we’re happy to help you treat privately and hope you’re able to recover from.

For you to notice...you’d have to ‘read into it’ by which we mean ‘utilize empathy and visualize the scene from someone else’s perspective.’
But for someone else it’s just their perspective based on lived experience.
Have you ever hung out with non gamers and had them say something that was just like factually wrong…

I know I will never have that amount of money, because my first instinct would be to anonymously pay off other people’s student loans.
After paying off my own of course.
But even if I hoarded 50k a day for myself, that’s like three people I could pull out of debt a day. Can you imagine what kind of pay it forward…