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As a tangent, I was appalled to read that Stanford undergrads can major in "management science". What happened to the high academic standards for which Stanford is famous?
As a 29 year old male myself, the of idea of dating a college undergraduate is just plain weird... particularly in this case, where there is such an obvious power imbalance. The outcome (though perhaps not the severity) should have been apparent from the get go.
Look at Patrick Stewart. How many 70 year olds would marry a woman in their 30s if they actually could?
As a tangent, I was appalled to read that Stanford undergrads can major in "management science". What happened to the high academic standards for which Stanford is famous?
As a 29 year old male myself, the of idea of dating a college undergraduate is just plain weird... particularly in this case, where there is such an obvious power imbalance. The outcome (though perhaps not the severity) should have been apparent from the get go.
you're implying that love is based on rational thought in the first place
Nice way of writing the article -- the narrative in the first half makes us believe Clougherty's side, while the second half shows the other side of the story.
Upon reading the emails from the plaintiff and her mother available at http://joelonsdalestatement.com/ , one gets the general impression that they were trying to throw themselves to JL.
As a 29 year old male myself, the of idea of dating a college undergraduate is just plain weird... particularly in this case, where there is such an obvious power imbalance. The outcome (though perhaps not the severity) should have been apparent from the get go.
None of them have gone crazy like in this story and this outcome is hardly apparent. Most are nice women that I'm still friends with. Maybe it's more common in the American college scene - there certainly seems to be a moral panic going on there. If you take a lesson from this, it's probably closer to "avoid American women" than "avoid younger women".
As for whether it's "weird", it depends on how you look at things. A lot of folks are fairly restrictive in the categories of people they interact with - I know several people who can only deal with very intellectual sorts, for example. E.g., they'd never date an anti-intellectual type (religious, feminist, etc), an unintellectual woman who seeks to enjoy life, a woman of a different socioeconomic background or even a woman at a different stage of life.
I don't view things so restrictively so I can enjoy the company of all sorts of people. Then again I'm also pretty weird so for me being super restrictive might simply result in being forever alone.
As a 29 year old male myself, the of idea of dating a college undergraduate is just plain weird... particularly in this case, where there is such an obvious power imbalance. The outcome (though perhaps not the severity) should have been apparent from the get go.
People who are wealthy or extremely good looking have more options than us. If I were rich enough to realistically date young models then it might not be plain weird anymore. Look at Patrick Stewart. How many 70 year olds would marry a woman in their 30s if they actually could?
I left about 10 years ago but still have strong ties (business and friends) to the area. Some of the stories from my friends dating are shocking, disturbing, and hilarious at the same time.