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You’re comparing children with adult women? Gee, nothing insulting there ! Silly women, getting in strangers’ cars.
The advice being offered here reminds me of when the Italian Supreme Court decided that the fact that a rape victim had worn tight jeans meant no rape had occurred, as she must have “helped” get the jeans off. Italy, home of the Mafia, apparently contains no guns, knives, fists, or scissors within its borders, or groups of men.
That decision was made by several people. It went through layers and layers of the judiciary. Everyone found it acceptable.
So, yes, let’s assume women are children, that’s not incredibly, almost viciously insulting at ALL.
We don’t know if SmartAleq meant to be insulting in her analogy, maybe she just had not thought it through. Give her a chance to apologize before comparing her to Italians.