Yes! Absolutely you can be groomed at this or any age. Primarily the younger are the more vulnerable, and usually are more naive and or gullible (I think the term pliable sounds better) which would make one more susceptible to grooming.
Anybody can be a groomer, no matter their age, gender or race. Grooming can take place over a short or long period of time – from weeks to years. Groomers may also build a relationship with the young person's family or friends to make them seem trustworthy or authoritative.
16 is of course a “youth” young lady/male coming of age not child. Grooming in general can happen to anyone of all ages.
Once you turn 16 it's not illegal for someone to have sex with you no matter how old they are. This is true only as long as you give your consent and as long as they are not in a position of power over you, such as your teacher.
What Is the Meaning of Child Grooming? Adults who build stable and trusting relationships with a child under 18 for the purpose of sexually assaulting the minor are considered groomers. As such, you could face state and federal charges for child grooming if the alleged victim is under 15.
While grooming is most associated with child sexual abuse, it is also possible for adults, especially vulnerable adults to be groomed – or prepared – for abuse.
“[Grooming] can occur at any age, and it has a great deal to do with gullibility, insecurity, religion, and culture. [...] It starts by targeting a vulnerable person, then building trust.”
If you are 16 years old and above, you can legally have sex (or do another sexual activity) with another person who is 16 years or older as long as you both agree to it.
It depends upon the mindset of the 22 year old. If he plans on grooming the 17 year old to satisfy his “needs” or if his only goal is to have sex with her without a care about her as a person or about her feelings. Then yes, that would be predatory.
Is 16 and 19 too much of a gap for people to date? Aside from the age consent, there's nothing wrong there. A 3 years age gap, is good in fact. She's young, and he's slightly older, the girl would feel protected in any case.
If someone's being groomed or hurt, they might: keep secrets, or lie about what's happened. feel scared to talk about things, or avoid talking about it. suddenly have money, or new things like clothes or phones that they can't explain.
Desensitization to touch and discussion of sexual topics: Abusers will often start to touch a victim in ways that appear harmless, such as hugging, wrestling and tickling, and later escalate to increasingly more sexual contact, such as massages or showering together.
Child grooming is a deliberate process by which offenders gradually initiate and maintain sexual relationships with victims in secrecy. Grooming allows offenders to slowly overcome natural boundaries long before sexual abuse occurs.
The abuser created and fostered a sense of personal intimacy with you. They wanted to learn all about your personal life. They created inside jokes, secrets, and private nicknames shared only between you. They gave you gifts and offered you special privileges.
It doesn't really take a big age difference for someone to start grooming someone else for sexual abuse. The most common examples are in extreme age-difference situations, but less common is the young adult/teenager dynamic, where the difference is 8 years and under.
Groomers do not always self-identify as groomers, and are often deluding themselves as well as their targets. Sexual abuse is defined as any behaviour (physical, psychological, verbal, virtual/online), perceived to be of a sexual nature, which is controlling, coercive, exploitative, harmful or unwanted.
No, a standard to define a significant age hap is when the younger age is less than 80% of the older age. If the ratio from younger than old is 4/5 or more, it is not a big age gap. 17 to 21 is roughly 81%, therefore it's not quite a big age gap though it's close to significant though not quite by this standard.
What is Adult Grooming? It's a gradual process. The abuser picks their target, build up trust, and the actual abuse, which is usually sexual or financial, doesn't come until much later. It often starts with friendship.
It's not only not weird, it's really, really common. The real thing to consider (since you're both legally adults) is what life experience you have in common. At 18, you've either recently graduated or are a high school senior.
Age of Consent New South Wales. The legal age of consent in New South Wales is 16 years old. Sexual intercourse is defined to include sexual connection occasioned by penetration to any extent of the genitalia or anus of any person, or oral sex.
About legal age in Australia
In Australia, you're considered to be an adult when you turn 18 years old.
Yes, you can date someone 3 years older than you. There are no laws about age differences with dating someone. It's only illegal to have any sexual relations with someone.
Talk to your friends. A good friend will listen to you and may help you speak to an adult. Think about reporting it to the police. If the grooming has taken place online, you should also report what's happened to the website or forum where you met and chatted to the person who groomed you.
Yes. Simple as that — grooming is prepping and conditioning a minor to accept sexual advances, doesn't matter from whom chartman26 • 2 yr. ago The "grooming" you are talking about is a type of behavior that doesn't have anything to do with age. So yes, a minor, can "groom" another minor.