RELATED: LiAngelo Ball, Miss Nikki Baby Expecting First Child Together However, what if the roles are reversed and the woman is older of the two? Does the stigma still, well, sing? In Long’s case, you can argue that she was both consenting and in control given her age. Legal or not, the man is always seen as the one with the power, whereas the woman barely has an identity throughout it all.

In each of those situations, the picture is painted as an older man using his seniority to manipulate and, in some cases, groom an impressionable young woman into a sexual relationship. Kelly infamously took things the illegal route, Marques Houston rode the line of barely legal much to the public’s chagrin and even Nia Long raised a few eyebrows when she went viral earlier this year after it was revealed she had a 30-year-old, mother-approved boyfriend as a teenager.

In the entertainment industry, we’ve seen it occur across the spectrum: R. We’re talking about decade-plus age gaps in relationships, and you’d be surprised (or not!) at the amount of older Millennials tapping into the dating pool of legal Gen Zers for more than just advice on TikTok dances. There’s an interesting thing happening in the dating world at the moment, or rather something that’s been going on for quite some time now on the low and finally becoming a bit more accepted.

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