Reply #93: "Healthy" is relative. Perhaps a better way to say it would have been . . .

[MrModerate]

"Functional." Let's posit a father whose teenage daughter has become an object of desire for him. If he doesn't act on those desires, the family relationship can probably continue functioning until he (hopefully) gets over it. Healthy? Maybe, maybe not.

Your second point supports my opinion that older-younger pairings tend to be more damaging if the woman (or girl) is the younger. While an underage boy may have a moral obligation to support a child he fathers in such a relationship, in most cases he's probably not capable of doing so. Due to his incapacity, he doesn't assume the burden and in all likelihood simply lives his life with minimal interaction with the child in question. A woman in such a situation can't just walk away from the consequences, and no matter what she decides -- abortion, adoption, or raising the child herself -- the burden on her is much greater.

Life (and biology) ain't fair.