Part of manipulation is suggesting to your mark a course of action in a way that makes them think it was their idea.

In other words, that may have been their reasons, but that doesnt automatically make it their idea or exude the possibility they were pressured.

I wrote a balanced article on age gaps after DiCaprio's relationships got charted out on social media and their was commentary.

https://medium.com/fourth-wave/charting-the-waters-of-age-gap-relationships-ebe993a4586e