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An interesting observation of mine...
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<blockquote data-quote="Super Kami Guru" data-source="post: 15135" data-attributes="member: 22"><p>It's sort of perpetuating a stereotype, for sure, but don't forget that girls often also mature faster than guys, not just physically, but also mentally, as well. Sadly often because society forces them to mentally grow up as they start to physically grow up because older men notice that physical side and act inappropriately towards them, forcing them to embrace the realities of the sadness of some older men (right, Ryan Haywood? You sick, sick fuck), but I digress. I think it's the whole dynamic of 'well, I'm growing up, but the boys around me are still the same...I wish they were more like..."x" so they were more mature' and placing "x" on that pedestal because that's what they see on TV, movies, etc. and so that's what they look at as an example of maturity, attractiveness, etc. Sadly, particularly in Disney movies and such, even young teens were played by much older actors/actresses, and so naturally the idea is going to develop that...well, if that's what 15 looks like in the movies, then that's what I'm after! So these young girls are looking for guys that look like that...and that is not what 15 looks like, so, they start looking at 18, 20, 25...yeah, it puts in their minds that older is more attractive, and that they should be looking in that direction because they're so mature. </p><p></p><p>It has started to taper off now, thankfully, and companies are starting to use younger actors to portray younger ages (I don't agree with that in a lot of cases, but it does make sense for younger-themed films, so I think we'll see slightly less of the idolizing, but it is a bit creepy that it was so actively encouraged before, and still is somewhat today, and it's something that absolutely should not be normalized. Age differences when you're older is one thing, age differences when you're 12 and the other person is 23 is completely another.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Super Kami Guru, post: 15135, member: 22"] It's sort of perpetuating a stereotype, for sure, but don't forget that girls often also mature faster than guys, not just physically, but also mentally, as well. Sadly often because society forces them to mentally grow up as they start to physically grow up because older men notice that physical side and act inappropriately towards them, forcing them to embrace the realities of the sadness of some older men (right, Ryan Haywood? You sick, sick fuck), but I digress. I think it's the whole dynamic of 'well, I'm growing up, but the boys around me are still the same...I wish they were more like..."x" so they were more mature' and placing "x" on that pedestal because that's what they see on TV, movies, etc. and so that's what they look at as an example of maturity, attractiveness, etc. Sadly, particularly in Disney movies and such, even young teens were played by much older actors/actresses, and so naturally the idea is going to develop that...well, if that's what 15 looks like in the movies, then that's what I'm after! So these young girls are looking for guys that look like that...and that is not what 15 looks like, so, they start looking at 18, 20, 25...yeah, it puts in their minds that older is more attractive, and that they should be looking in that direction because they're so mature. It has started to taper off now, thankfully, and companies are starting to use younger actors to portray younger ages (I don't agree with that in a lot of cases, but it does make sense for younger-themed films, so I think we'll see slightly less of the idolizing, but it is a bit creepy that it was so actively encouraged before, and still is somewhat today, and it's something that absolutely should not be normalized. Age differences when you're older is one thing, age differences when you're 12 and the other person is 23 is completely another. [/QUOTE]
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