In response to Big, is it a prevailing opinion that a thirteen year old (chronologically and mentally) having sex with an adult woman is icky?
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§ ita § - Aug 02, 2011 9:02:01 am PDT #15873 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Volans - Aug 02, 2011 9:12:12 am PDT #15874 of 30000
move out and draw fire
Well, it's my prevailing opinion.
§ ita § - Aug 02, 2011 9:14:43 am PDT #15875 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Prevails for me too. I just had someone try and excuse it, though, on the grounds that the woman couldn't have known. Uh, statutory rape is a crime that is suffered as well as committed, and I think that experiencing it is the key thing to prevent (if experiencing it and causing it could be separated).
Amy - Aug 02, 2011 9:15:56 am PDT #15876 of 30000
Because books.
There aren't a lot of thirteen-year-olds, girl or boy, who don't look at least underage, even if they look older than thirteen.
Also, ew.
Consuela - Aug 02, 2011 9:30:32 am PDT #15877 of 30000
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is it a prevailing opinion that a thirteen year old (chronologically and mentally) having sex with an adult woman is icky
It is now; might not have been when the movie was made. Some things are changing for the better.
Nowadays any adult woman who has sex with a boy younger than, say, 17, is generally considered a pervert. Which does not mean there isn't a juvenile mentality that responds "Lucky boy!"--but that is not the approved social response, because of the possibility of abuse and the implied double-standard.
Amy - Aug 02, 2011 9:32:42 am PDT #15878 of 30000
Because books.
I totally missed the Big reference. Oops.
But I don't remember -- did she know he was a kid in a man's body when they did it?
sumi - Aug 02, 2011 9:39:50 am PDT #15879 of 30000
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I don't think so.
§ ita § - Aug 02, 2011 9:50:36 am PDT #15880 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
She didn't know, but I think that just makes her not a perpetrator. He's still a victim.
Scrappy - Aug 02, 2011 9:53:02 am PDT #15881 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
No, she never knew. And the having sex part pings me less than the "Not telling his parents and them thinking he was kidnapped for a month". Of course, the age-change-magic-handwavium part is such a huge leap and ithe entire film takes place in such a candy-colored universe that I kind of go along with the flow.
Volans - Aug 02, 2011 9:53:03 am PDT #15882 of 30000
move out and draw fire
I think she is a victim also...she's not having sex with who she thinks she is.