Brigette Macron under fire for being twenty-four years older than her man

[NewYorkExpress]

http://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/world/article150402277.html

Brigette Macron is under fire in the French press (especially from satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo), for being twenty-four years older than her husband, President-Elect Emmanuel Macron (She's 64, he's 39).

See a problem here (like sexism, maybe)?

[Lachi]

Oh ffs, grow some thicker skin you delicate snowflakes.

[Tender Branson]

Non-issue.

[Antonio the Sixth]

How is that news? It's been publicly discussed for months.

Also, it's Brigitte.

[mvd10]

Well, it's creepy imo, but who cares?

[Santander]

I don't think the biggest problem here is the age difference itself.

[Blue3]

It's weirder that she was his teacher when they started a relationship when he was 15/16. But I'm not judging.

[DC Al Fine]

It's weirder that she was his teacher when they started a relationship when he was 15/16.

Yes absolutely

But I'm not judging.

This is a good thing for the state to judge.

[Kingpoleon]

I don't think the biggest problem here is the age difference itself.

The attractiveness difference isn't that big.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

The American media's obsession with this rather creepy affair was annoying. To each his own, I guess. I was glad that this was (until now) not spreading to Atlas.

[Hammy]

We all know if the ages were reversed these same people complaining now would be treating him like some hero or role model.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Honestly, yeah, it's pretty disturbing to think of how their relationship might have started, and no adult with a shed of moral decency would have let herself go along with something like that. But if they have stuck together for over 20 years and seem to form a happy and loving couple now (which every sign suggests they do), there's really not much to say about it anymore.

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Serious question: do we think Macron will cheat in office? Because if he doesn't he'd be the first non philander in office since de Gaulle, right?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

[Associate Justice PiT]

     The idea that a 40-year old teacher romancing a 15-year old student would be accepted by anyone if the teacher were male and the student were female is hilarious.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Certainly disturbing that this would be the foundation of the First Family of France.

[Kingpoleon]

Emmanuel Macron should be forced to divorce and remarry either a Giscard d'Estaing, Princess Caroline Marie Constance Napoléon Bonaparte, or Jean-Christophe Louis Ferdinand Albéric Napoléon Bonaparte.

[SATW]

It's creepy and disturbing but ultimately we can't control it.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Cougar Clause. There is nothing wrong with it.

Now if the ages were reversed on the other hand...

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Cougar Clause. There is nothing wrong with it.

Now if the ages were reversed on the other hand...

oh ffs

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Cougar Clause. There is nothing wrong with it.

Now if the ages were reversed on the other hand...

oh ffs

Well when John Oliver mentioned this fact it was something that he just laughed off...but note what he said about the President of Brazil.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Cougar Clause. There is nothing wrong with it.

Now if the ages were reversed on the other hand...

oh ffs

Well when John Oliver mentioned this fact it was something that he just laughed off...but note what he said about the President of Brazil.

I don't accept John Oliver as an authority on sexual morality.

[Tender Branson]

... a 40-year old teacher romancing a 15-year old student ...

It's creepy and disturbing ...

Certainly not from an Austrian perspective.

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     The idea that a 40-year old teacher romancing a 15-year old student would be accepted by anyone if the teacher were male and the student were female is hilarious.