It’s not that long ago when the legalities would have been reversed. I don’t think that’s a very good guide.

victorhooi 16 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I think you're drawing a bit of a straw-man fallacy there.

We're talking about current events - and hence current social norms and mores (although I do concede there's a spectrum there - and that American culture still does have a bit of Puritan culture embedded in it).

Slavery is illegal in most places in 20206 - but sure - it wasn't illegal 100 years ago.

Just like homosexuality was illegal some 50 years ago - but isn't illegal today (in most places).

But in 2026 - if Jensen Huang (or anybody else) has multiple consensual relationships with lots of adult women (or men) - that's their business. We might have our own personal views on whether we would have relationships with lots of women (or men) - but that's a different thing.

This isn't the Handmaid's Tale.

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fg137 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Citation needed.

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wat10000 18 hours ago | parent [-]

"The practice of wife beating was legally acceptable throughout most of history. In fact, it was not made illegal in every state until 1920." https://www.thefreelibrary.com/No-drop%20prosecution%20of%20...

"It is an open question whether adultery continues to be viable as criminal law even though it remains on the books in 24 states and territories." https://web.archive.org/web/20170503222839/http://www.nytime...

If you'd like to know more, Wikipedia has many cites for you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adultery_laws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_violence#History

	▲	fg137 15 hours ago \| parent [-]
		1920 -- your definition of " not long ago" is very different from mine. And about equating "remain on the books" to actually enforced law that is relevant in real life: sure, but I'm not going to waste my time convincing you otherwise.