Uprising wrote:
... and the male in question basically looks the same age as the female, considering the young aspie genes in said male...
How would you in general feel about this?
This is a completely hypothetical question and is not related in any way to my personal life but it is just something I've been thinking about wildly of how society would see this situation.
Pretty sure Amythest Schaber and her husband of "Ask an Autistic" YouTube fame fall under or near that category & they seem to be a wonderful, happy, healthy couple.
As with any situation where the potential for manipulation or coercion exist though, I'd say it has to be decided on a couple-by-couple basis. Most large age gap couples I know are no more prone to such power issues than anyone else - it seems everyone only thinks of the "innocent 18 year old girl and the drug-using 30 year old man who served time for rape". Oh, and those belonging to some conservative religions as that power play can be part and parcel of the belief system. And from those, people seem to enjoy projecting it onto every large-age-difference couple.
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