The DoubtingThomas dating / relationships MEGATHREAD

[_Lemmie]

Lol. Just going to quote this out of context nonsense so it remains when you decide once again, like you have so many, many times, to delete your “creepy sexist” “trolling.“

I am not quoting anything out of context. You are now lying. The link is right there. Even 5% is still be common.

17 year old women, "29% a partner who was 3-5 years older, and 7% a partner who was six or more years older"
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10435214

A lot of 17 year old girls are dating 20 year old guys, but I will never date a 17 year old girl. I am only interested in 18 years or older.

Your name calling distracts others from what I am actually saying. The problem is your name calling, you don't want others to listen and carefully read my words. It is your psychological trick and manipulation.

You are a manipulator and you are lying.

You think 5% occurrence means “common.” What does the other 95% mean then?

The rest of your nonsense I’ll just quote, so it’s still here when you decide to start deleting.

[_Lemmie]

Lemmie plays dirty politics so people won't carefully read. I did not quote anything out of context. Perhaps Lemmie only read the first sentence and assumed I was quoting out of context.

:rolleyes:

[_EAllusion]

I mean, David Buss is kinda famously criticized as a sexist. They don't issue you a not-a-sexist card when you get your psychology degree. The argument DT is relying on here is fallacious, both in its naïve form (a psychologist cannot be a sexist) and it's more sophisticated form (scientific literature is ironed free of cultural prejudices in its conclusions and applications).

That's neither here nor there, though, as he wants to make even stronger claims than the very numbers he is citing allows. There's not even an attempt to connect A to B on his part. Just raw misunderstanding that either you accept or disagree with Science! as a whole.

Regarding ehebephilia, I agree that American society punishes relationships between late teens and somewhat older people too harshly at times (there's a lot of inconsistency). I also agree that the potential for harm/abuse in such relationships is more complicated than popular criticisms that equate it to pedophilia allow. What I don't do is relentlessly, obsessively focus on these topics from a number of angles on the off-topic section of a Mormon apologetics discussion board, then transition to obessively discussing my desire for a relationship with a teenager, legally if any cops are watching, and failing at that, someone a little older if they're not too impure. If I were doing that, I'd understand if someone described my posting has having strong overtones of ehebephilllia.

[Guest]

You think 5% occurrence means “common.” What does the other 95% mean then?

The rest of your nonsense I’ll just quote, so it’s still here when you decide to start deleting.

Do you have a PhD in statistics? The 95% means "Most", "The majority", "the greater number". But 5% is a lot. Covid-19 has a death rate of about 0.5%-1%. Is 1% not a lot?

[_DoubtingThomas]

I mean, David Buss is kinda famously criticized as a sexist.

Is the other David a sexist? David P. Schmitt? Thank goodness my name is not David.

[_DoubtingThomas]

I mean, David Buss is kinda famously criticized as a sexist. They don't issue you a not-a-sexist card when you get your psychology degree. The argument DT is relying on here is fallacious, both in its naïve form (a psychologist cannot be a sexist) and it's more sophisticated form (scientific literature is ironed free of cultural prejudices in its conclusions and applications).

I understand. Can you give me some references?

[Guest]

I agree that American society punishes relationships between late teens and somewhat older people too harshly at times (there's a lot of inconsistency). I also agree that the potential for harm/abuse in such relationships is more complicated than popular criticisms that equate it to pedophilia allow.

Good. Well,I am only interested in 18 years or older. I will never date someone under 18, even if the legal age is 16 or 17. Yes, it all depends on your state and culture. It is not a big problem in the hispanic culture.

of a Mormon apologetics discussion board, then transition to obessively discussing my desire for a relationship with a teenager, legally if any cops are watching, and failing at that, someone a little older if they're not too impure. If I were doing that, I'd understand if someone described my posting has having strong overtones of ehebephilllia.

Like you said smart people participate on Mormon Discussions. I haven't participated on other discussion boards in a very long time. Mormon Discussions is my anonymous internet family.

[Guest]

You think 5% occurrence means “common.” What does the other 95% mean then?

The rest of your nonsense I’ll just quote, so it’s still here when you decide to start deleting.

Do you have a PhD in statistics? The 95% means "Most", "The majority", "the greater number". But 5% is a lot. Covid-19 has a death rate about 0.5%-1%. Is 1% not a lot?

:rolleyes: [bolding added.]

[_Lemmie]

I agree that American society punishes relationships between late teens and somewhat older people too harshly at times (there's a lot of inconsistency). I also agree that the potential for harm/abuse in such relationships is more complicated than popular criticisms that equate it to pedophilia allow.

Good. Well,I am only interested in 18 years or older. I will never date someone under 18, even if the legal age is 16 or 17. Yes, it all depend on your state and culture. It is not a big problem in the hispanic culture.

of a Mormon apologetics discussion board, then transition to obessively discussing my desire for a relationship with a teenager, legally if any cops are watching, and failing at that, someone a little older if they're not too impure. If I were doing that, I'd understand if someone described my posting has having strong overtones of ehebephilllia.

Like you said smart people participate on Mormon Discussions. I haven't participated on other discussion boards in a very long time. Mormon Discussions is my anonymous internet family.

:rolleyes:

[_Dr. Shades]

DoubtingThomas, reading studies is doing you no favors. From this point forward, for every study you're tempted to read, go outside your house and actually meet--or meet up with--a real, living human woman and find some way to make her life better.

You seem to have neglected to post a reference to the data or report from which you've pulled that assertion. Please can you cite your data?

You were just messing with him, and me, after what I wrote before, right? If so, then touché--you got me.

But now that that's over, will everyone please stop encouraging DoubtingThomas to read or quote from more studies? He needs to quit doing that and, instead, go outside his house and actually meet--or meet up with--a real, living human woman and find some way to make her life better.