Ethan

Suppose back in 1952 when King George VI died, his wife had been pregnant. Would have Elizabeth still have become queen, or would they have waited to see if the baby was a boy, in which case he would be the new king? My understanding is that the British throne is never empty -- when one monarch dies the next in line is instantly the new monarch. But in 1952 they would not have known whether the baby was boy or girl until it was born.

In brief: Are the men who bother you when you're 13 or 14 different from the ones when you're 21 or 22? Do they act different?

This question is for grown women who for have regularly gotten unwanted male attention. When did it start? How your feelings about it changed over time? In retrospect, did the kind of male attention or the characteristics of the men who gave it change over time?

What I think I know: Subtle male attention can be exciting at first as you realize you are growing up and attractive. Repeated or less subtle male attention is often a source of distress. You develop strategies over time so it bothers you less, even if you continue to be annoyed by it (assuming you aren't actually assaulted, which I imagine could change everything).

I have seen some questions on Yahoo Answers from teen girls complaining about the pedophiles who bother them. (True pedophiles are attracted to prepubescent children, but we know what is meant.) Is some of the distress due to thinking men who are attracted to them are sick or dangerous because they are attracted to young teens, while a male attending to a 21-year-old is taken as normal and rarely dangerous? Or do the men behave differently in a way that indicates a creepiness that isn't there with men who bother 21-year-olds?

Does your answer change as the person being fantasized about gets younger?