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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's high time for an actual gay person to step forward and speak on this topic.

Agreed that the other poster is correct. The age disparity between 17 and 24 is meaningless in the gay world. I was 16 when I had my first sexual experience and the other was 21. Summer job. At 17 I had a brief fling with a 23 year old. Summer job too. In neither instances did I ever feel that I was being preyed upon or that there was a power issue. Gay men are just....different.

I know you're all mothers and there aren't fathers posting on here. But play a little game, won't you? Ask your husbands if they'd be upset if your 17 year old son had a brief summer fling with a 24 year old girl.  :wink: The mamas will likely get upset, the papas will roll their eyes and quietly high five the sons even if only in their imagination.

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Look, I wish I were wrong about this, but kids these days actually are still kids. When I was 17 I was very independent: traveled alone, made my own MD appointments, worked to pay for my own expenses (including stuff like car insurance), figured out how to deal with birth control on my own, etc. My 16 and 17 yr old relatives are *nothing* like that. Helicopter parents have successfully infantilized these kids and frankly, their peer group by proxy. And this includes delaying sex and drinking (there is data on this). You should see the thread on here now about letting teenagers fly alone to visit a grandparent. It's just a different proposition than 17 yr old me boning a 24 yr old (which I most certainly did). [/quote]

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