Sqad - //Surely you are not suggesting that adult emotions regress during adulthood, I would have thought that adulthood was when emotions became obvious and maybe dangerous. //
A lot of professional footballers are emotionally under-developed adolescents.
From an age where their talent becomes apparent, which is usually their early teens, they enter a different world, and by the time they are adult and professional players, their world is established - money, fame, adoration, girls, anything you want when you want.
That environment for young men who have never had to face any level of responsibility is dangerous, and situations like the case under discussion result from it.
The majority of footballers manage to adapt without behaving as though the entire female sex is their for their delight and amusement, but enough don't, and that is what society should address.