A stranger with a camera near a wooded beach wanted to take a picture of me in my suit at age 13 or 14. He was guessed to be about 25 or so. Back then Adults/parents there thought it was ‘cute’ and said maybe when older I’d marry the guy one day. I was uncomfortable and remember it well. Then he offered to take me for a walk....but didn’t ask me...he asked my mother who gave him the go ahead. So what does one do as a child when the parents do that? She goes of course.
There came a moment when we walked close to the wooded area down the road a bit when mom yelled out time to turn around a walk back...and we did. But to this day I often wondered about that happening....but it was a different time.
People didn’t worry as they do today because today there’s so much sex and sexual crimes.....everything has sexual overtones if not directly it’s certainly assumed.
pretty good analysis I would say times have indeed changed.