Lalala Let Me Explain on why ‘unwise’ should also be illegal

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Standard Issue

Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Much older men have dated much younger women since time immemorial, but should it feel inappropriate when the younger women in question are over the age of consent, but not yet 18? Dating educator, social worker, and podcaster Lalala Let Me Explain wants to end the “unwise but not illegal” defence used by grown adults entering relationships with young people who are above the age of consent but not yet eligible to vote. Having joined forces with campaigner Poppy Mason to launch Close the Consent Gap, a campaign aimed at making such relationships illegal, she chats to Jen about it, and the harm that such power imbalances can cause. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The internet is coaching our kids.
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0:32.6	Hello, Jen here on a Friday of all days, ready to tell you about today's podcast. But before I do,
0:40.0	we've got a banging week coming up for you next week, in which Mick chats to Alex Light
0:45.5	about her new book, The Price of Pretty. Hannah jumps on the Zoom with Phoebe Maltz-Bovey
0:50.5	to talk about her new book, The Last Straight Woman. We watched 1991's Hudson Hawk in
0:56.2	Rated or Dated, Hannah and I sky scream in the Bush Telegraph, and finally, on a Friday. Again,
1:03.6	it'll be me, chatting to Anushka Warden and Rebecca Lenkewitch about all the rage, a theatrical response
1:09.6	to the Epstein files. But back to today. Much older men
1:15.3	seem to have dated much younger women since time immemorial. But should it feel inappropriate
1:21.4	when the younger women in question aren't yet legally adults? You can probably guess how I feel
1:26.6	about that. Anyway, dating educator, social worker and podcaster la la la let me explain
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