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Jill Ciment met her husband Arnold Mesches when she was his teenage art student.

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She was 17. He was 47. #MeToo changed how she thinks of their relationship

Ciment met her husband in the 1970s. At the time of their first kiss, he was a married father of two; she was his art student. In her memoir Consent she reconsiders the origin story of their marriage.

Jill Ciment met her husband Arnold Mesches when she was his teenage art student.

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She was 17. He was 47. #MeToo changed how she thinks of their relationship

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She was 17. He was 47. #MeToo changed how she thinks of their relationship

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