Human men in their 30’s have been interested in teen women since there have been people.
It is only very recently that this was considered odd.
I think it has happened in our society for two reasons.
First, we have increased the age of taking adult responsibilities to the middle 20’s, as evidenced by the popular rise of stay on parents insurance to 26 and the increasing age of marriage.
Second, the older women in the feminist movement do not want competition with young women. If they can define those young women as out-of-bounds they eliminate much of the competition.
Most human females are sexually mature by age 14.
I am not saying they should be sexually active, or marry, at age 14. But they are not children in a sexual sense.
In human history, yes. But even 130 years ago, it was still pretty creepy for the 14 year old girl to marry a mature man and do his bidding. My daughter and I listen to the Little House on the Prairie books in the car. When Laura and her cousin were around 14, riding ponies across the prairie when the chores for their families were done, they chatted about another schoolgirl they knew who had gotten married to an older man. They were a bit horrified and felt it terribly sad to have the childhood end so suddenly.
Today, we have the age of consent as 18. Maybe somewhat arbitrary, but high school girls just don’t have enough wisdom and experience to handle what thirty year old men know about sex and human relationships. I do think that it is horrible for girls to be held in emotional and intellectual bondage by mature men. I think it is more appropriate for most couples to be of similar stature and age. Not that I don’t wish freedom for all, but the age of 18 is fine for me as the age of consent. Even then, does your daughter have enough wisdom not to pose for playboy, say? Or do a little porn for the rest money?
The men in their 30s interested in me as a teen lacked control, filters, and had some arrested development even if they were prominent in society like Moore was. It’s not a great trait. He was apparently pretty out and open with ihis penchant at the time. And is embarrassed at the least by it today.
Thanks. You are the first person I’ve seen who has explained the relationship between male/female human animals. It seems that the Lord made women’s child bearing age begin around 14 years (some younger), and young men become capable of pro-creating at around the same age. Parents try to keep their young under their guardianship as long as possible. The drive to procreate is impossible to stop of course. So men compete with each other to cull out their preferred female. Historically, they are competing with older established men who can offer financial and protective security. The helicopter parents have been winning against the natural selection process, which has prevailed since the beginning of time. I dated a lot of young boys from age 13-14 but at 19 I married a man 8 years older who was positioned to “take care of me.”