Yes. It's part of our natural desire to "otherize" people who do this. That's why we call rapists murderers etc "monsters." Nope. They're boy scouts. Dads. Brothers. Buddies. Friends. Moms. Sisters. Sorority sisters even! Guys you grew up with. Don't do the "he looks like a Creepy Creep...
Thank you. I came in here to ponder "what on earth is so horrible in this child's life that she felt more comfortable running off with this adult man and being his "wife" (poor thing... only many years from now, after a whole LOT of therapy... will she realize that she was just his sex toy and...
My hunch is the people posting at topix, if family, feel like people are rubbernecking and being ghoulish about a family tragedy. I could see the great grandchildren thinking grandma was nuts and wishing people would stop manipulating grandpa and letting "this kind of nonsense" go on long as...