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  The overall view is that there is nothing inherently wrong with such a relationship. I hold both of those views, which are 2 sides of the relationship so i'm open to having either one or both changed, since these 2 halves would create the relationship in the first place
context: I think it's creepy of that TV show to characterize her as "trapped inside an 8-year old body."  And I suspect the controversy you're reacting to was intentionally drummed up by the show.
  I have an adult friend with a similar body size and shape. She's not dating anyone at the moment, but I can't imagine anyone would give a fuck if she did. It's pretty obvious she's an adult from the way she dresses and behaves. >
  
  I will agree with you there and wouldn't put it past reality TV to do that. They also drum up her childlike appearance too because outside of the trailers she doesn't look like a child. She looks like an adult with a disability to me. >
  
  If it is truly a person in a 8 year old's body, she would still be pre-puberty, and thus have no sexual development, it could make it quite complicated in term of dating in a normal way.
  In the video however, she look like an average 30 year old, except very short. It is clear her voice was edited to be sharp, for a more interesting show. You can easily hear the manual editing, very unnatural, and the title picture is clearly photoshopped to remove complexion to make her look younger. >
  
  Pituitary Dwarfism is not as uncommon as you would think. They are definitely playing it up for the show. Growing up, one of my best friends had pituitary Dwarfism. 
  She looks young but not "omg, that's an 8 year old."  She's married.  Her husband is kind of a jerk but not a pedophile. .
  My friend was not quite as short. She clocks in around 4 foot 10. Interestingly, my friend also had cancer  as a contributing factor, but her mother has Dwarfism as well, making me wonder if there is a genetic component to Shauna Rae's condition.
  My friend can't have children but is otherwise able to function as an adult and seems to have a sex drive based on her dating interests in high school and things she told me. I'm not really comfortable sharing any more details than that as we are no longer in contact after a falling out so I can't ask her permission. Some people with this form of Dwarfism actually do eventually go through a full puberty and don't look as youthful. Some continue to look youthful their entire life. >
  
  If i could give you a delta for teaching me the proper term I would. Thank you and that makes sense. >
  
  You can, just type the word "delta" with an exclamation point in front (!) and a short description of what changed your view. It doesn't have to be a total change, if you feel that they deserved it. >
  
  The thing that gives me a little pause- he saw her on TV before they met. He saw her on a show highlighting and all about the fact that she looked like a child. And based on that impression, he sought her out to date.
  I don't begrudge her the opportunity to date. I don't think it's impossible that some potential partners could see past her appearance.
  This guy has at least one strike based on how the relationship started. The fact that he sought out the child bodied adult is sketchy AF. >
  
  
  This guy has at least one strike based on how the relationship started. The fact that he sought out the child bodied adult is sketchy AF.
  
  I mean if he's a pedophile, then this is like the only ethical way for him to have a relationship so while there's an ick factor it's not really 'wrong' per se. >
  
  Pedophiles like the innocence of the child not that they were children, I like women with braces >
  
  I'm not sure how this relates to my comment. >
  
  He’s not a pedophile  if he’s dating an adult that looks like a child it’s an adult >
  
  I'm saying even if he was and was using her as a stand-in due to her appearance or whatever it wouldn't be wrong for him to have a relationship with her. Whether or not he actually is a pedophile isn't my argument. >
  
  That wouldn’t happen, and yeah it is you’re building that into your previous statement >
  
  Pedophiles also date other adults. Just because someone is dating an adult does not mean that they aren't a pedophile so I don't know why you're so confident about asserting that this 'wouldn't happen.' >
  
  You’re trying to use her size as a way to qualify that he’s possibly a pedo, you’re a meanie >
  
  
  There's nothing wrong with someone dating the woman trapped in an 8 year old body
  
  Okay I have been honestly expecting some crazy hypothetical. Maybe an anime reference :D. But the actual scenario you linked is so much easier. It's not a woman trapped in an 8-year-old body. Those are just word flourishes. In reality it's an adult woman who looks like an 8-year-old. That's perfectly fine.
  It would be much more problematic the other way around. A woman with the capacity of an 8 year old that looks like an adult that was dating an adult guy. >
  
  Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 18 plus is 18 plus. It is nobody else's is freaking business. >
  
  Why do you call her "woman trapped in an 8 yeas old body"? Is there an implication that she could escape that body? Or do you think that generally everybody(s mind) is trapped in their bodies? >
  
  It's how she described herself in the trailers I saw. I didn't know the correct term for her afflication so I just went with that >
  
  Fair enough, but dont you think its weird? I definetly sound weird to me. I wouldnt use such language for any other affliction: "a person traped in a diabetic body".
  edit: do you happen to have a link to those trailers, i cant immagine she would refere to hereselfe as "trapped in an 8 year old body", i would like to see it myselfe. >
  
  Not really. I think people should be able to describe themselves how they feel and since i can't really relate it would be wrong for me to say "No this is a more accurate description". >
  
  Sure i agree, if she feels "trapped in an 8 years old body" its fine to lable hereselfe as such. It just feels like something one would not say about themselfes, it sounds like media lables her as such for headline purposes. (thats why i asked for sources in the edit i made, probably after you replied) >
  
  Ok, wow. That suprizes me. I guess i have nothing more to say. She does sound like a fun person, kind of relatable. >
  
  (Nearly) Nobody has a problem with her dating someone. The objections are exclusively oriented at the person who wants to date someone who looks like an 8 year old for very obvious reasons.
  Either he's actually a pedophile who is fortunate to be dating one of the few people in the world who can legally satisfy his urges, or he's a regular guy who for some odd reason is dating a woman who looks like an 8 year old, when most people wouldn't even entertain doing so because she looks like an 8 year old.
  Obviously dating a legal adult is much better than child molestation, even if he actually is a pedophile. However the whole situation is so close to being illegal that it's quite difficult for people to see it as acceptable, even if there's technically nothing actually wrong with it. 
  Pretty much everyone who has an issue with it does so because it blatantly raises the question: is he a pedophile?
  If he is, then their relationship is based around a very taboo attraction which it is not wrong for people to object to, even if it technically isn't pedophilia. >
  
  How is it close to being illegal? The girl is 27. There are no laws about sex based on appearance… >
  
  The general internet drama over that sounds like Qanon level.
  She's not "trapped in an 8-year-old body" (I get this may be a thing from her reality show or whatever). She's short. Like her growth plates closed. 
  She also happens to look young but she IS young. Selena Gomez also looks quite young, facially, but is like 30.
  If she had dwarfism would this be a thing? >
  
  Not sure what Qanon means but I hold the similar sentiment. The way I see the situation is someone dating a woman with a disability and this probably wouldn't be a problem if she wasn't presented that way by the show. >
  
  Posted a video in the edit. Summary is it's 23 year old girl who had cancer as a baby and the treatment caused her to stop physically aging. People say she looks "8" (I don't think she does when the shows not playing it up) and people were angry because she was briefly dating a guy >
  
  I wouldn't call her a girl at 23. >
  
  Why not? >
  
  Because that's infantalising her, which is what your entire post is protesting against. >
  
  I don't see how that's infantilizing her. She is a girl >
  
  No, she's a woman. >
  
  Oh you're just arguing over the word woman vs girl? A girl is just a young woman and I would consider 23 still a young woman ask a girl. >
  
  Given your entire point is that she's not a child, you seem to be very fixated on making her seem younger than she is. >
  
  How does this change my view >
  
  I am not sure why people get so bent out of shape over what adults do between themselves, you'd think in the year 2023 we'd be over this by now.
  But it seems everyone is even more prudish than in the 90s. >
  
  Given that the women now has the physiology of a young girl, you'd have to explain what about her original self is retained. If it's just memory, it's possible her still-developing brain may render her more juvenile in attitudes, making her less capable of making proper decisions the same way a normal adult could.
  For example, in teenage years your mood is largely affected in the maturation in your brain, leading you to have larger mood swings.
  There's the other fact that 8 year olds do not feel sexual desires due to their hormone levels, so you might be making the incorrect assumption that it'll make her miserable at all.
  Extra edit: Brain development also determine one's ability to process and make rational decisions. Due to all these factors, you might say it's wrong for her to date because she could be more susceptible to manipulation. If all this is true, then at the very least you'd have to add precautions to make sure that no exploitation is involved. >
  
  I'm not sure what you mean by her 'original self'? She is her original self and he condition from what i've seen is purely physical and her brain isn't effect (passed her being a disabled adult).
  Also to be clear she's not 8, she's 23 and often expresses wanting to do what normal 20 somethings do >
  
  Copied my comment from the last time you posted this:
  None of these are good options for her, but I don't think it's her who people are weirded out by - it's the other half of the relationship, the grown adult who is dating someone who presents as someone who is not acceptable to be dating.
  Her dating pool is severely limited - to people who are attracted to people who look like her, which is to say, looks like a child. That's the part that's "wrong". It's unfortunate, but anyone who dates her will be in that position.
  It comes down to: is it wrong to be attracted to someone who looks like a child?
  The answer is yes. >
  
  Ok, on a second read, I think there's one major detail you're missing:
  How many people are in this situation?
  Because if it's just this one person, then it's a complete non-issue. The lady is an adult and she can live her life how she wants to. Who she does or does not date is none of our business, not in the slightest.
  If this is a condition that has affected more than one person, then we have to get into a conversation about thresholds. Because if the number of affected individuals is sufficiently low, then it's still a non-issue.
  The problem lies in figuring out where that threshold sits . . . but first, we need to know if this is a condition affecting multiple people, or if it's just a one-off case. >
  
  I don't understand. Why would it matter if it's just her or if it's many people? >
  
  . . . because it's just one person.
  That's it. That's the whole argument.
  You don't need to be this concerned with the life of a single person.
  (unless you're somehow intimately connected to said person.)
  For real, this is barely worth the effort of typing a few comments and it's certainly not worth the effort you put into the OP.
  Go find something better to do with your time. >
  
  It's not that it's wrong for the woman to date, it's that someone who is willing to date her is likely to have malevolent intentions.
  The situation you're talking about is Shauna Rae, right? The woman trapped in an eight-year-old's body who has her own reality show. And suddenly in the show's second season this total hunk, who should have no difficulty picking up women starts messaging her online. 
  It raises concern, because most men would not be romantically interested in a woman that looks prepubescent.
  The most obvious conclusions are either 
  A) This man is a pedophile and finds her sexually attractive because he is attracted to children.
  Or
  B) He isn't actually interested in her, but sees her as a stepping stone to fame because of her reality show. 
  People hitching their wagons to reality tv stars for some of their fame isn't exactly unheard of. >
  
  If he is a pedophile, what is actually wrong with it in this case, considering that she isn’t actually a child and in fact is a consenting adult? >
  
  Hey OP.
  Do you think it would be wrong or weird if she were to make porn? >
  
  Yes but tbh I think porn in general is very weird. But I also feel like that's the market it appeals to >
  
  That's just the description she used of herself and I didn't know what the proper term was before >
  
  Well... 
  I guess my last attempt to change your view would be...
  The people who think her relationship is wrong because they are dumb. 😈
  Hopefully this changes your view. >
  
  Your title is misleading. >
  
  The post was taken down for lack of details so I added more details to this repost >
  
  You understand that doesn't answer the question I asked you, right?
  Were there no compelling comments in that post at all? >
  
  I didn't see any and stopped looking after it was taken down since I wouldn't be able to give an award. If you feel like there are some you can post them here and if they cmv I'd be happy to give you one >
  
  Would you personally date her? And if not, why not? >
  
  No because I don't find her attractive >
  
  Are there any characteristics of hers in perticular you aren't attracted to? >
  
  I like darker, taller, thicker women >
  
  So you'd feel something were wrong if you dated her? >
  
  I wouldn't date her >
  
  What is the actual view you want challenged?  Because you say one thing in your thread title:
  
  There's nothing wrong with someone dating the woman trapped in an 8 year old body
  
  And something else in the body of your thread:
  
  To CMV, explain why it would be justified to let this women and others like her suffer.
  
  Those are two different things.  There could easily be a situation where someone could point out "something wrong" with dating a woman trapped in an 8 year old's body, but that wouldn't necessarily translate to letting the woman suffer.