Many people probably would find the seven-year age gap between the characters in (41 percent of the younger character's age) less objectionable than the 40-year gap between Woods and Madison (200 percent of her age) or the 46-year gap between him and Bauguess (230 percent of her age).

If the concern is an imbalance of power, it is not at all clear why the fictional relationship is more disturbing than the real-life ones.

Armie (cute name btw) is the star of the film and like most good people, he felt morally obligated to remind James of his own previously creepy transgressions. Amber Tamblyn added some much-needed fuel to the fire and tweeted: "James Woods tried to pick me and my friend up at a restaurant once. people on Twitter — knows she's serious, Amber tweeted the following evidence today: Since I know people love to question the intengrity and honesty of women when they come forward with stories like this, here you go.

pic.twitter.com/rch Yilrju Z— Amber Tamblyn (@ambertamblyn) September 12, 2017Of course, James said the story was a lie in a reply to tweet from a fan, but evidence that the 70-year-old actor has a thing for young girls becomes pretty undeniable when you put it all together.

Suppose California raised its age of consent for sex from 18 to 21.

Would that retroactively render Woods' romantic relationships indecent or unethical?

, revealed some telling misconceptions about age-of-consent laws.

Woods, despite his history of dating very young women, does not seem to understand that such laws vary from one jurisdiction to another.

I respect the fact that everyone has the right to date whoever they want (even if they're 46 years their senior), but one can't help but mention that she could almost be his granddaughter. I can't imagine marrying one of my dad's golfing buddies without barfing a little in my mouth. In an interview in 2000, he said the following cringe-worthy thing about a time he tried Viagra with his girlfriend. I'm surprised I didn't die of a heart attack."Just, why. This creepy thing he said about a young Gwyneth Paltrow.

In other words, any sex involving someone younger than 18 is a crime, even if the other person is also younger than 18. In California, which has no minimum age for marriage, minors can marry with parental consent and judicial approval.

That policy is pretty puzzling, given that extricating oneself from a marriage is considerably more difficult than ending a sexual relationship.

But that little bit of TV trivia is not why we're here.

Like a lot of famous men, we're here to discuss James Woods' overall creepiness and alleged predatory behavior.