Richard Stallman resigns from MIT over Epstein comments

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Originally Posted by xwolfi

There's something beyond slavery and prostitution, there's willing exploitation of the old guy for money, beyond the sexual service. If it was a young stud with an old lady, you'd think twice before saying the old lady is a dirty pervert, right [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Originally Posted by hutzlibu

Consider a couple of both 17 ... all ok. Now one of them turns 18 and now their relationship is rape? That does not make sense. Now there is surely a difference between 17 with 18 and 17 with 70, but I really believe it is not the same category as "rape". Exploitive maybe, depending on the situation.

Originally Posted by kova12

I wonder where is the "liberal" rainbow-flag waiving mob, and why none of them remembers that gays were persecuted just a little while ago in exactly same manner.

Originally Posted by throwaway99111

There is a changing definition of what is a child in the US. People generally under 24 are considered children, and I can recount a few people facing critique over dating people in their early twenties (<25) from dating men (mostly men) who are older. I've read an article that questions whether 16 year olds can be sexually active at all, that is, with teens their own age (other 16 yr olds), not with older people so nothing like pedophilia or an age difference at all.

Originally Posted by coryfklein

I'm sorry, maybe you have more knowledge about the situation on Epstein's island than I do? But I imagine that is exactly the kind of place that young women seeking sugar daddies would be attracted to. That's not to preclude the possibility (or likelihood) that non-consensual sex happens there.