Morissette says calling girls ‘mature for your age’ can be used to rationalise predatory behaviour

Alanis Morissette argues that men describing underage girls as “poised” or “wise beyond their years” can be used to justify “sexual predatory actions”. She describes a “freeze response” in such situations and says young women may lack the experience and language to recognise what is happening, adding that adults in the room often failed to intervene.