I just realized that by the standards that have been promulgated lately by most US feminists, almost every relationship I’ve ever been in has been age-inappropriate – that is, there has been a 5+ year age gap between me and the woman in question.

When I was 19, however, I was brutally and horribly “taken advantage of” by a 25-year-old woman. Huh, funny, how it doesn’t seem to apply when the man is younger. Odd. I really hate hypocrisy, did you notice?

And a 36-year-old teacher told me when I was 18 and still in high school that if she weren’t my teacher, we’d be happenin’, probably all over her desk.

Note: I have never dated a minor as an adult. Note 2: I consider myself a feminist.

Mainly, I hate dogma of all stripes.

There are people my age who I’d never get in a relationship with under any circumstances. And just as likely I am sure there are more than few 18-year-old women out there that I’d be compatible with.

It’s not that age doesn’t matter – it does, to some extent. It’s just that humans are more variable and more interesting than that.