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Tytonidaen's avatar

People have lost their fucking minds. I really don't understand how anyone can look at that picture of a child putting dollar bills in an adult's underwear and think, "This is normal. Totally fine. Good, even!" My disgust for people who think that way is absolutely off-the-charts.

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Barbara Wegner's avatar

My first relationship was with a man double my age and I know I was parent-hungry. I'm thankful that you included that section of the article because a part of me was screaming inside knowing this is why children would be attracted to those older than them. It's often a sign of unresolved issues and trauma, not a good thing or something to be celebrated. But it's no shock to see people try to push the idea that some traumatic response is normal. As I've recently written about, our society is becoming used to being traumatized so we view trauma responses as normal things and things to be celebrated now.

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