# Male, Sexually Active Octogenarian in Senior Home - Sweet & Harmless, or Predator? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 12, 2021, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-sexually-active-octogenarian-in-senior-home-sweet-harmless-or-predator/944111 "2021-06-12T13:07:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 69
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-sexually-active-octogenarian-in-senior-home-sweet-harmless-or-predator/944111/69 "2021-06-15T21:48:09Z")
Here’s a thread just getting going in GD that is sorta similar. > [@The intellectually disabled and bodily autonomy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intellectually-disabled-and-bodily-autonomy/944280): > > I have a 45 year old brother that is intellectually disabled (ID) and lives in a group home. He has a girlfriend that is about his age that also lives in the home. (Technically, she lives in a separate physical building but it is all considered part of the same home.) When you see them together, your immediate reaction is “How cute!” They hold hands and sometimes they even kiss. AFAIK, it doesn’t go any further than that and I believe that if it did, I would be informed as I am my brother’s le… The bottom line being, what does “capacity to consent” mean in the context of mental disability? The difference there is the disability is innate, not acquired late in life as we’re discussing here. There’s also a great cite to a real psych professional’s article about this issue. Interesting parellels. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-sexually-active-octogenarian-in-senior-home-sweet-harmless-or-predator/944111)._