<p>If the issue is never brought up as everybody is an adult and understand that equality is not possible, than the issue does not exist. I am not sure about all these feelings and stuff, seems that most of it is artificially created. It is understood that they are supported as much as possible, each one of them. But degree of support cannot be possibly the same. D. might want to talk to a mother under distress, S. might want to keep it to himself and talking to him might mean to be nosy, he might not like it at all. We have to support and RESPECT each of them differently, we have to RESPECT the fact that they are very different people and might be at very different stages in their lives and being surrounded by very different crowd of friends. Equality might actually mean disrespect for all of that. One of them might be actually offended by being treated in the same way as another.</p>