really? come on
Remember back when the Olsen twins were still minors? And creepy guys were actually counting down to their 18th birthday? It happens a lot with underage girls in show business if they’re pretty enough, whatever standard of pretty there is at the moment. I’m going to maintain that it’s amazingly awkward and rather gross; what if a woman were doing the same over a little boy?
Oh.
I’m curious, though; am I the only one that finds it equally disturbing? I can understand people finding younger celebrities adorable, but the implications of that shirt suggest she’s not going for adorable so much as…sexy? How does that even work? I’m supremely creeped out by this picture and I wish Kat hadn’t shared, but it did bring up a lot of thoughts about double-standards in regards to things like this.
Back when I had cable (oh God I miss cable), I would watch this certain show that would depict the lives of women in different facets of society – for instance, there was an episode about swingers, an episode about sex workers, yadda yadda. I can’t for the life of me recall the name of the show, and Google doesn’t respond well to my attempts at searching using the phrase “that show that had the women.” In any case, one episode dealt with female sex offenders. [EDIT: Thanks to my good friend Krystal for telling me the name of the show - The Secret Life of Women. I don't know if it still airs or not, but it was on Lifetime. Thank you, Kiwi!]
The show pointed out that in many cases, female sex offenders get a lighter sentence than males committing a similar crime; a large chunk of the time, the incident might not even be reported. Why not? Because the whole “hot for teacher” dynamic in the US makes it somehow more palatable for grown women to sleep with little boys. Boys are lauded for bagging an older woman, whereas men who sleep with underage girls are creepy and reviled.
I don’t really subscribe to that; it’s creepy any way you slice it. And that t-shirt is just wrong.
By the way, if you don’t know her just from looking at her, her name is Karissa Shannon, and she’s apparently one of Hugh Hefner’s girlfriends. I had to Google it.
I think the hypocrisy scale of reaction goes something like this:
Older man + underage boy = criminal, pedophile
Older man + underage girl = creepy, but typical
Older woman + underage boy = hot, go for it
Older woman + underage girl = does that even happen
In other words, the more women are involved in the mix, the more acceptable the act as seen as being.
Gross. Also, I had no clue who that woman was, but I guess she’s got age issues going on in both directions.
You know, I didn’t even think about the age thing with her being Hef’s girlfriend. I haven’t really heard any older woman/underage girl cases before. Now I’m tempted to look it up.
I’m seriously disturbed by people who wear shiny leggings as pants. Also, her hair is wayyy too blonde. I miss his old girlfriends…. they had personality at least; this girl looks like Barbie.
I love you because your main complaint is the leggings. The old girlfriends were definitely interesting. I’ve never watched an episode with these new girls and don’t plan to do so.