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

By Egleze Editorial Desk · Published September 9, 2026 · Call Her Daddy · Alanis Morissette: Anger, Attachment, & Postpartum
Morissette says calling girls ‘mature for your age’ can be used to rationalise predatory behaviour
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Alanis Morissette: Anger, Attachment, & Postpartum

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""Why why they tell a young person that they're poised and wise beyond their years to justify their sexual predatory actions. And it's so transparent.""

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.

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Alanis Morissette · guest
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Call Her Daddy
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Alanis Morissette: Anger, Attachment, & Postpartum
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