Ok, you guys, I mean this with all due respect, but your logic couldn't be more off (I'm guessing that you're on the young/er side??):
Women (and men for that matter, albeit perhaps for different reasons) generally don't sleep with children, based on how physically attractive they are (and I say "children" because while the age of consent might technically be 17 in most states, the age difference itself is reason enough to cause concern. Furthermore (and actually disurbing, as opposed to being just a cause than a 17/18 yr old having sex with a 40 yr old) is when there is a major power differential between even two consenting adults (eg doctor/patient, boss/employee). Doctors have had their licenses suspended or even revoked, if they engage in a sexual relationship with his/her patients. It's his/her responsibilty as the person in authority to not abuse that power, even if the patient (or whomever) did a striptease on his desk. So in a way, it's perhaps more egregious when this happens with to a teenager - EVEN one who is already 18.
Women like “Molly” (Josie Davis’ character) seek out specific sexual partners for dozens of reasons other than his/her physical attractiveness. They need (and/or want) unconditional love (something we see in flashbacks that Molly never got from her abusive mother) and that’s easier to get with a child or teenager, ESP if you’re in a power position over that (so in this case, who knows why she targeted Danny – perhaps something about his ‘essence’ reminded her of her mother). And I'm sure she probably was “attracted” to him, but if it hadn't been him, it would've been another boy
The main point is that Molly is looking for that unconditional love she never got as a child, so obviously, she’s incapable of having a healthy relationship with an age-appropiate man (though by Danny breaking up with her, we did see that developmentally, he was quite healthy and probably ahead of some of his other male peers). So when you say she can do “better” than Danny, she’s the one who can't have a healthy relationship with an age-appropriate man - so it's more like HE could do better!! She's an absolute WRECK, so while she might be able to pick up a handsome and successful man in a bar, she is incapable of having a relationship with such a man - that is, if he’s mentally healthy.
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