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>>16824703
>It was something that deeply bothered people then and is now.
It specifically bothered feminists back then, because they were fueld by ressentiment that younger girls were more appealing to men than they were. The media was on their side and they were publishing stories about the child prostituion "epidemic" (it was blown out of proportion) and thus the hivemind decided it was a grand injustice and that age of consenhad to be raised. Age of consent was on the agenda even before suffrage. Really makes you think.
>I dont really see how you can confidently make this case in 2020 at all.
The fact that I can buy nudie mags of 12 year olds 50 years ago but can't today is enough proof of that.
>The film Cuties won the highest award in french cinema, it was picked up by the biggest streaming company and virtual every art critic and media gatekeeper came out in militant defense of it.
The entire point of the film is that sexualization of young girls is wrong, and it got that point across with getting people outraged over the content of it. If the film industry wanted to make a case of adult child relationships being normal they'd make a film about a healthy relationship, not some girls shaking their asses on camera.
>This same year, the same pattern pretty much repeated itself again with another film, this time featuring a 10 year old actress in film about an incestous relationship with her father.
What film was this, and was it represented in a positive or a negative light? Also I don't get this association of pedophilia and incest.
>In both cases the only people that were up in arms about were the average everyday people.
Exactly, it's the peoples reaction to the content that which is made is what decides to social implications of what is shown in the film.
The '78 film where Brooke shields was fully nude in her role as a child prostitute also sparked many outrage. Has pedo hysteria worsened or lessened since the release of that film?