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It's not jealousy (lemmy.ml)
submitted 10 months ago by BuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
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[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 50 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'm a guy and when I was 18 I got a lot of interest from women in their 40s. Sexual attraction is just natural.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Yeah, but it didn't start at 18 did it. A number of women hit on me when I was under 18 and no one would think anything of it. We are groomed into it starting with calling 6 year old boys handsome young men and he's a cute kid.

[–] Misconduct@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Lots and lots of people would think plenty about an older woman coming onto a minor.

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world -3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Is it really grooming if it's just how everyone in society acts?

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes.

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

"Grooming" to me always implied the actions of an individual, with the intent of generating a sexual relationship with that one person. It's got a level of intent that the lady at the grocery store calling me a "handsome young man" and then never seeing me again doesn't have.

[–] Misconduct@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It doesn't really matter what it is to you when it has a hard and established definition.

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Nothing you say matters to me though, and thanks to solipsism, that's all that matters!

[–] Misconduct@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Ok. Feel better?

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Well grooming doesn't have to be an individual, and it doesn't have to be sexual. Kids are groomed in school to go to college. The word means to train/prepare for. Training someone for something can be good thing or a bad thing. Or anything in between.

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sure, but usually in these types of conversations people use "grooming" in a much more specific (and negative) connotation