"Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my number, and call me maybe?"
I don't think suggesting that I have compared a terrible court case gone wrong to the Duke of Cambridge's relationship is very nice at all. I am merely asking a question; for once one accepts that women +are+ still capable of being predatory, the next questions are:
(i) from what age?
(ii) what influence do the media have on the process?
(iii) how do key influencers reward (or promote) all the men that do the responsible thing every time: thank the young lady for the compliment, return the number, report the incident appropriately and tell their wives? or the equivalent? Even if the pursuit of the man continues over weeks or even years?
That maths teacher from East Anglia, he definitely did the wrong thing; but was he (is he) hunter or prey? Right now he (and his high-end DNA) are locked up and "off the market". In a few years time, who gets to carry his A-grade children? In a few decades time, who gets to be looked-after (in their dotage) by his A-grade children?
Isn't it time we started looking at long-term effects? looking at long-term winners and losers? the spirit/DNA of the sperm and of the egg?
Right now the public analysis seems to stop with the orgasm and, surely, mumsnet is one heck of a place for people to understand that the implications of sexual intercourse can go on beyond the orgasm! Sex sells; but babies buy!