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A Brain-Based Explanation For Why Old People Get Scammed
sciencehabit writes "Despite long experience with the ways of the world, older people are especially vulnerable to fraud. According to the Federal Trade Commission, up to 80% of scam victims are over 65. One explanation may lie in a brain region that serves as a built-in crook detector. Called the anterior insula, this structure — which fires up in response to the face of an unsavory character — is less active in older people, possibly making them less cagey than younger folks, a new study finds."
Getting married is about the clearest consent to sex that is possible. A woman could always report being assaulted by her husband. "Rape without force" in the context of marriage is the kind of extreme legal perversion that happens when lesbians write laws.