After someone came to Moby's defense, she added, \"A guy in this thread said it doesnt count as predatory behavior bc Natalie Portman wasnt like 'most' 18-year-olds because she was about to go to Harvard. this is literally an abuse tactic. older men telling very young girls they're 'mature/smarter' to normalize the behavior.\"
Many thanked Moore for her perspective.
A woman in Moore's thread added, \"Really bummed about the men who have done this to me in my life, even in my professional career. I’ve been told I’m special, etc. and it’s so incredibly depressing.\"
A film critic prompted other women to speak out about how many times \"have you faked having a boyfriend, or said you'd 'met someone else' to stop a guy trying it on or harassing you?\"
Several women responded in kind.
\"I was usually called in to be the aggressive GF when my femme friends were being harassed,\" one woman wrote, while another added, \"Too many to count\" and yet another wrote, \"When I was 18 I would say I’m 16 just for old men to back off.\"
Other women spoke up about how older men use friendships as a ploy.
\"When I was actually 16 (and if anything I might have looked younger) some 30-something dude in my town wanted to be 'friends' with me. Hard pass,\" one wrote.
The stories go on and on.
An artist summed it up well when she wrote, \"Dudes write about themselves from the point of view of some dream like world in which they is adored, in truth he was being trash & a creep to someone newly out of high school. Yuck.\"
As with #MeToo and other social media movements, the comments online have universally slammed predatory behavior toward young women and men.
\"'I was a bald binge drinker and Natalie Portman was a beautiful movie star. But here she was in my dressing room, flirting with me. I was 33 and she was 20 but this was her world.' It's gross how Moby thinks he can frame an 18 year old girl (NOT 20) as the one with all the power,\" one person tweeted. \"He also says he 'tried to be her boyfriend', which suggests an awareness that she wasn't interested. You don't 'try' to date somebody who's into you.\"
Another man added, \"Moby was 34 in 1999. Natalie Portman was 18. Imagine going on social media to convince everyone that you, the 34 year old, dated the 18 year old. And being really proud of it.\"
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