i think both instances are wrong looking back on it now but i guess i would be a hypocrit to just start rambling on about how its wrong without admiting that i used to do it(not that huge of an age gap though)... i lost my virginity at 16 and i did have relationships with guys who were older... but i can look back on it and say some of the cases were a really bad idea when there was a signifigant age gap
i think both cases are wrong with the younger male or the younger female i guess being female the first thing that comes to my mind is the whole pregnany thing. if the 40 year old woman gets pregnant by the 16 year old guy then she is way more mentally equipped and mature to handle the situation than if the 16 year old girl gets pregnant by the 40 year old guy. 16 year old girls are just kids that are right before that point where they start to think of things more sensible

it would just be an aweful situation all around.
press charges?

i dont know if i could take it that far, especially if it was consensual... but then again im not a mom yet, so i cant say for sure. i might feel a LOT stronger about it once i become a mom and think about it being my kids.. girl OR boy.
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