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snarkhunter (![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} snarkhunter) wrote in ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} unfunny_fandom, |
we're looking at these comments from our current societal perspective
This, exactly. "It was a different time" is not an excuse for bad behavior, but we're not talking precisely about bad behavior, here. We're talking about the idea of bad behavior expressed in fiction.
However, I do agree withsorchar that there's a certain skeeviness about this given its closeness to the Polanski situation, etc. OTOH, I think what we're seeing is less about these men in particular and more about a widespread cultural assumption regarding young women's (and, to a certain extent, young men's) sexuality.
(Of course, I also think that we need to be able to have open discussions about the reality of young teens having sex without necessarily assuming they are victims. Some of them are. Not all of them. And I say this as a person who is massively squicked by the idea of anyone under 15 having sex.)
This, exactly. "It was a different time" is not an excuse for bad behavior, but we're not talking precisely about bad behavior, here. We're talking about the idea of bad behavior expressed in fiction.
However, I do agree with
sorchar that there's a certain skeeviness about this given its closeness to the Polanski situation, etc. OTOH, I think what we're seeing is less about these men in particular and more about a widespread cultural assumption regarding young women's (and, to a certain extent, young men's) sexuality.(Of course, I also think that we need to be able to have open discussions about the reality of young teens having sex without necessarily assuming they are victims. Some of them are. Not all of them. And I say this as a person who is massively squicked by the idea of anyone under 15 having sex.)
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