I apologise for what you experienced when you were a teen. It certainly seems to have influenced how you currently see things.

The points you’ve written are extremely valid; they can also be flipped the other way and still be valid.

Many men like younger women the same way many women like older men. Some men will manipulate younger women, some men will not.

If a man doesn’t want a woman his age, it’s his prefecence. The same way if a woman doesn’t want a man under 6’ it’s her preference.

Let’s stop creating divides between genders by painting the other in a bad light. Nobody benefits when that happens.