Is this acceptable?

[DuctTapeJedi]

So my room mate is watching one of those shows about high school dramas marketed to preteen girls, and while waiting for my episode of "Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law," I caught some of the dialogue.

It seems that the show is romanticizing teacher-student relationships. That's statutory rape. And this show is displaying that as nothing but good and loving. They say things like "this is right, I don't care what they say."

Are we, as a country, really okay with telling our daughters that it's fine to be exploited by older men for sex?

I know this is sort of a weird post, but this is really weirding me out.

 

[BioHazardMan]

The media will sensationalize anything, don't stress it that much.

 

[Urgh76]

Jokingly, yes

Really, no

Secretly, yes

 

[Actual]

What's the show?

I remember Dawson's Creek where Pacey was sleeping with his teacher. That was really sweet, and that show must be almost 20 years old.

I have nothing productive to add, I just felt like reminiscing.

 

[DuctTapeJedi]

What's the show?

"Pretty Little Liars" on ABC.

It's marketed to middles school girls, and it's teaching them that if a older man wants to sleep with them, it's healthy, natural, but should be hidden from their parents to protect their "love."

 

[captaincabbage]

lol don't stress dude. It's a comedy show, that's what they do, they satirize. And why do you assume it's only girls who are sexed by teachers?

 

[Hader]

I doubt they are being serious about marketing such things as okay, or else it would be getting much more heat for it.

 

[Sinclair Solutions]

Jokingly, yes

Really, no

Secretly, yes

Is it wrong that I laughed? I feel a little guilty.

Also, isn't that show about girls who do the most evil shit possible? Maybe its like the Jersey Shore effect: they show how not to act.

We can only HOPE that's the case though...

 

[xdom125x]

The quote is probably from the perspective of one of the girls/students so they probably think it is alright. It isn't but...

Maybe its like the Jersey Shore effect: they show how not to act.

We can only HOPE that's the case though...

...this is probably the case.

 

[Gruevy]

Sometimes it's not so easy to be the teacher's pet. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zp3LPRzuXo]

 

[Urgh76]

Jokingly, yes

Really, no

Secretly, yes

Is it wrong that I laughed? I feel a little guilty.

Also, isn't that show about girls who do the most evil shit possible? Maybe its like the Jersey Shore effect: they show how not to act.

We can only HOPE that's the case though...

Nope, it was made for you to :3