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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
We also don't need to go very far back to find people pooping in outhouses, or dying during childbirth.
We have progresses as a society, which I think we can agree with a good thing.
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We have progressed as a society but I do not believe we have progressed in all aspects of life. My grandmother was 16 when she married my grandfather when he was 40. They were married nearly 50 years before my grandfather passed. Someone already brought up the marriage of the President of France, who married his teacher who was 20+ years older. And I remember once watching the Woody Allen documentary "Wild Man Blues" and it was pretty clear that Woody and Soon-Yi were very fond of one another, and she continually fussed over him in the documentary. There are likely countless of other examples. Some of these unions clearly work. In the western world, divorce rates are over 50%, approaching 60% in many countries. Is this progress?
Before people get outraged, I'm no apologist for rape or for teachers who do not respect boundaries or men in power positions (Clinton, Ailes, O'Reilly) who clearly use their power to prey on women for short-term gratification. I just do not believe you can call every one of these instances a predator-prey relationship.