• Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      To be fair, his girlfriend’s are probably using him to get access to Hollywood producers. It’s likely just a transactional relationship. Not as creepy as the Epstein stuff.

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        At some point society gonna need to allow adult women do adult women choices lol

        Optics are sus but who are we to judge them for doing adult people shit.

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          Yeah, the criticism always carries the undertone (at least) of ‘oh, those adult women are just too stupid to realize they’re being exploited’.

          They know very well what they’re doing, lmao.

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            Yes, but has it worked? I dont know the names of any of them, which to me implies it has not worked. Is it really always not exploitation if one side is over 18?

            There is clearly a power differential and he is using them, even IG it’s consentual. There are many consenting mail order brides from poor countries. It doesn’t make it ethical.

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              The imbalanced power dynamic argument is a slippery slope, when it’s clearly two consenting adults. Dating someone much lower than your current economic status is an disproportionate power dynamic. Yes, it could lead to someone being at a disadvantage or taken advantage of. Is it a bad idea? Maybe. Is any of this guaranteed? Absolutely by no means.

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                It’s two consenting adults, and it’s perfectly legal, but that doesn’t make it any less gross.

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                  So you think it’s “gross” for a poor person to date a rich person? For whom, the rich person?

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                    It’s gross for a man in his forties to repeatedly date teenagers and to dump them when they turn 25.

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              You’re assuming name recognition is what they seek. The thrill of fucking a famous person (and one who is conventionally attractive, to boot), and the extravagant lifestyle that naturally comes with dating a wealthy person, are much more obvious ‘goals’ here, no?

              There is clearly a power differential

              That doesn’t mean anything by itself. There is zero indication these women are entering these relationships against their will.

              he is using them

              No more than they are using him, if any ‘using’ is going on at all (which you are merely assuming).

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              I lot of people would date a wealthy movie star just for the feeling of being desirable, and free holidays and stuff.

              Fuck when I was 20 if a kinda-hot-for-her-age 49 year old had wanted to exploit me I would’ve been all over that.

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              There are many consenting mail order brides from poor countries.

              How is this unethical? WTF

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        Not as creepy as the Epstein stuff.

        The bar is at the bottom of the Kola Superdeep Borehole and he just managed to get over it through the Mariana trench.

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          And I meant it. There’s a really good chance that the sort of girl who would date a Hollywood star over twice their age to make connections is the same type who agrees to go to an island run by a greasy mofo. The reason you don’t hear about too many first hand accounts is because a lot of the girls were there willing. Or at least as willing as a minor can be.