McDermott is to sue Twitter.

In Australia.

He is fucked as far as the mee too woke angle goes.

Clearly very few people here have been unfortunate enough to have been falsely accused of something.

You’d quickly change your tune if this was to happen to you.

No no....all these people are far too sure that they could never ever be attracted to or tempted by a 17 year old....and that these situations only apply to creeps

Jesus wept.

If that's the level you're at I think I'll just leave it there👍

Do you think it's so "creepy" that it should be a criminal offence?

Ok, so it's creepy when what age male is involved? Your logic is all over the place. Utter nonsense.

Seems simple to me: You think 17 is too young for people to have sexual relationships.

And you are oddly hung up on what defines and makes a person a creep. As well as too preoccupied with ages/numbers.

And you still cannot answer the question I asked. Why?

Many 17 year are in college.

Is it okay then for them to engage in sexual relationships?

The issue of the age of consent probably needs to be adjusted to some extent to be more nuanced.

It may be legal for say a 40 year old man to have sex with a 17 year old girl but we can all see the moral issues that raises and it likely has to do with the fact that attitudes to sex have changed immeasurably in the past few decades where it would have been normal for someone in the late teens or early twenties to get married and be an awful lot more mature at a younger age than would be normal these days.

A couple of women in their mid twenties work in my office and my opinion of them would be that their behaviour is more in line with what I'd expect from a person in their late teens than an adult as we would have seen an adult traditionally and that's probably something that's been a thing for quite some time as well, at that age I wasn't much more mature myself.

Theres definitely some room for an update to the issue of the age of consent. It's difficult to defend a grown man jumping into bed with a teenager even if it isn't strictly illegal, if it was my daughter I'd be livid with a grown man doing that and I think we'd all have the same reaction.

The man who was banging on about the me too movement at every opportunity like a virtue signalling Jack in the box who can't argue any of that in a convincing manner.

Realistically the guy is a pariah and rightly so, he might have been cleared in the strictest legal sense but he acted like a predator in every other way the scumbag.

It's simple enough, anyone over 25 bedding a 17 year old should be subject to scrutiny.

I'm not sure what the height of some 18 year olds on your team has to do with anything.

But what is a grown man? There is no perfect solution.

I understand completely the angle of age difference being an issue here. I get this.

I just have an issue/disagreement with some who want to paint males who engage in sexual relations with younger females (legally) as creepy and creeps; and plenty will also try to inaccurately and wrongly label these males as paedohiles. They use just age, just a number and run with it. Ignoring the context and nuance, as well as the actual age of consent.

My god, they must think the English are absolute filthy, with their consent age at 16.

McDermott did nothing criminally wrong. His actions, sure, can be questioned, as well as his judgment, but it’s overstepping it to be labeling him a creep/pervert.

An 18 year old "built like a tank" is still an 18 year old.

If a 17 year old was to allege that a 27 year old had coerced them into a sexual encounter I think there is grounds for consideration of the difference in the level of maturity of the parties involved. Incidentally I'd be applying this to women as well as men.

McDermott was morally wrong and we can all identify this.

I understand the fact that you want to defend the honour of men but I'd be applying these standards across the board.

A woman bedding a 17 year old is every bit as weird as a man doing the same thing.