She’s a pedophile
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otter@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
TIL
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_Macron
It was at the after-school drama club of Lycée la Providence where she and Emmanuel Macron first met.[13] She was in charge of the after-school theater club he attended when he was 15 alongside her own daughter Laurence who was in his class.[14] Their relationship has attracted controversy, as she is his senior by close to 25 years, and he was a minor; Macron has described it as “a love often clandestine, often hidden, misunderstood by many before imposing itself”.
CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
im_fine_sandy@nord.pub 3 weeks ago
Am I the only person that doesn’t see a problem here?
I mean sure it’s weird. People do weird things. It’s definitely weird enough to gossip about and make memes about.
Has anyone been harmed though? Is there a power imbalance?
Daughter might not be thrilled but it’s not abusive.
It’s fine to have narrow ideas about who you might have a relationship with, but let others do as they wish provided they’re not harming anyone.
menas@lemmy.wtf 3 weeks ago
Is there a power imbalance ? Definitely
im_fine_sandy@nord.pub 3 weeks ago
Now that he’s Pres, sure.
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
From the Wikipedia article it’s not clear if she waited until he was an adult to pursue the relationship or not.
im_fine_sandy@nord.pub 3 weeks ago
They had some kind of relationship while he was at school. It’s not clear whether it was sexual.
Age of consent in France is 15. So he was already an adult in this context.
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
That is wildly too young imo, but I’m no expert.
percent@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
🤔 I think that’s considered grooming, in some cultures
belluck@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Legality isn’t morality. Generally „half your age plus seven“ is a good lower limit before it gets weird.
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
I’m seeing a 14-year gap between the time they initially met and the time they married. The first three of those years would have been criminal, but I haven’t actually seen anything saying the relationship commenced within that time period.
im_fine_sandy@nord.pub 2 weeks ago
That’s what I initially thought but I did some reading and it’s not really the case.
Firstly, the age of consent in france is 15, and the attitudes of the French people are much more relaxed in this area, and I can respect that.
However, it’s likely there was some kind of relationship when he was 15 and she was 39. There’s no evidence that it was sexual but I kinda assume that it was. His parents sent him to a school in Paris to break them up. I can’t be bothered linking the source but it’s mentioned on the wikipedia page and you can click through to read the references.
On balance, it seems no laws were broken and it seems unlikely that either party was harmed. However, the early years of their relationship were certainly dubious ethically.
icelimit@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Cucked by your daughter’s classmate.
Khrux@ttrpg.network 3 weeks ago
I wonder if the daughter liked him at the time too.
Imagine having a high school crush and before you can make a move, your mother becomes a pedophile and gets there first.
icelimit@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
I wonder what the daughter thought about him.
Or what if he used to bully the daughter to get the mom’s attention, and the daughter actually hates him?
The guy that bullies me is more my step dad?!
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
“My bully fucked my mom, married her, then became president, fml”