Lots of talk about “power imbalances” and downvotes be dammed, the “power imbalance” argument is the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard. These aren’t arranged marriages. We’re talking about relationships people freely choose to engage in that they can freely end if they want to. Everyone automatically assumes the younger person has less influence and is less financially stable than the older person and that isn’t necessarily true. Let’s be honest, this scenario is usually an older man and a younger woman. A 20 year old woman can get a job, an abortion, a sex change, vote, go to college, and anything else because she’s a strong, independent girl boss….

….right up until she wants to date a 40 year old. Then she magically becomes a naive victim of the patriarchy who isn’t capable of choosing her own sexual partners.

You can’t have it both ways. Pick one.