I never said all men have authority over you.

You need to understand that it's not like outside of your husband it's some kind of free for all.

you are lower by your very nature than every man. And must respect every man in a way that is different than you treat women.

Individualism, especially in the West has corrputed our sense of social hierarchy.

Authority is not the same as hierarchy. Though authority is born out of hierarchy.

The only people talking about 14-17 yr olds are women.  The topic was 18-22 year old ADULT WOMEN being open to slightly older men.  Discussion of 14-17 yr olds is off-topic and manipulative. 

Yeah I was pretty disturbed by it. A terrible look for trads. Right now it says 1 member and 31 guests viewing this topic. People are watching.
And I sure miss the ladies that left.

Are you American? American tend to care more about the 18yr old nonsense. There is no difference between 17 and 18. The law of the Church says 14 is the youngest a woman can get married, that means that 14 is fine. Stop being a Puritan.

14 is allowable.  Doesn’t mean it’s fine or appropriate.  17/18 is light years more mature than 14. 

Allowable does mean the same as appropriate.    And fine typically means normal and acceptable.  Allowable is not the same thing as normal, acceptable.

The Church allows people to only go to confession once a year, before stepping in and forcing them.
Going to confession only once a year is NOT fine, nor is it appropriate for those trying to save their souls.

I’m curious to know- how many of the dads here on CathInfo would be “fine” with a man in his 30’s chatting up his 14 year old daughter after Mass with the intention of marrying her when she is 14 or 15.

A man who is interested will ask the parents for courtship, using the term chatting up is dishonest. Should a man no 'talk' to younger girls at all?

You like to blame it on the women, but let’s be real, I highly doubt any father here on CathInfo would entertain it and for good reason. Are they all feminists too?

 Potentially based off their reasoning, if you are assuming 'chatting up' alone that's different from a casual conversation around others.

It’s absurd. We live in different times. Girls at 14 years of age today are not like they used to be back in the day. They lack maturity. Just because it was permitted doesn’t mean it was ideal. It was mostly done of necessity due to poverty. They aren’t even done growing at 14. They are literally still a child.

Feminism urgh, they aren't literally a child but a young adult. You know the Church used to consider 12 to be the youngest age for marriage but that's another issue because there is a BIG difference between 12vs14

Do you know why people are immature nowdays? It's because people like yourself treat them like children instead of raising them as adults.