Cool take. What, in your esteem, is the maximum acceptable age difference between people? If it varies depending on the respective parties’ gender identities and sexual orientations, please advise as to where you draw the relevant “bright lines” of decency.

I get the concern for power imbalances in relationships but sometimes the line between contemporary/intersectional feminism and “infantilizing/patronizing grown ass women who are capable of making their own decisions and viewing them as perpetual victims” gets a little blurred, I think. 

There are an awful lot of people spouting off their opinions on what two consenting adults are doing with their lives. Taking a page from the conservative’s playbook, are we?

Just did an IMDb search for actors born in 1975 - Braff’s year. Here are some of the hits:

Bradley Cooper
Pedro Pascal
Tony Dalton
Cole Hauser
Jason Sudekis
Hugh Dancy

Let’s do one year younger - 1976

Predator? Fuck  you.

Woman can do what they want with their bodies!..... Except date who they want!

Which is completely fair.

“Sexual Harassment and sexual discrimination is still seen as the norm and perfectly ok”

Not to mention how unfeminist it is to infantilize a fucking 24 year old woman like this by acting like she couldn’t possibly be of sound mind to choose to date someone older, but young men are fully capable of making that choice.

When I was 24, the Tom Selleck run of Friends was happening. Every woman my age in my circle of friends would have thrown each and every one of us guys over the side for him.

This article just set my teeth badly on edge. There’s a 22 year age difference in my relationship; we met when I was 27. For the first few years EVERYONE commented. It was fucking horrible. I just feel so badly for them both because that could’ve easily been me...minus the money.

Why are people giving them so much crap?

That whole story and why people cared so much has always seemed so weird to me - I’ve never personally understood what the big deal is about the age difference. It’s not like she’s 16-18 dating a 42 year old. She’s in her mid 20s, and by every measure is an extremely successful and acclaimed actress. Are people…

Did I side-eye her getting into that relationship? Yes, but she’s an adult and can make her own choices. I, myself included, dated men who were older at her age, and I would not have appreciated being mocked ruthlessly and judged by women who were ‘concerned’ for me. I certainly would not have listened to the…

Thanks to this article, I just found out all these people are/were dating. 

Y’all are fucked up. Leave people alone, it’s none of your god damned business.

Congrats to Jez for playing their part in the bullying!

You know what this person needs more than anything else? For their safety and wellbeing, as well as the safety and wellbeing of those around them?