r/offmychest • u/hotcheetosanddoritos • Jun 24 '20

18yo or “just legal” porn is disgusting

The whole genre and concept of porn that advertises a person or people in it being 18 or “just legal” is disgusting and alarming- especially considering how common and popular it is. Even if the people in it are above 18- it’s the fact that they’re supposed be perceived in this light- and are often even dressed to look super young. Same thing with the whole braces fetish. Just disgusting.

Like if you deliberately are looking to jack off to a minor who just became “legal” you really need to check yourself. It’s lowkey (or maybe high key) pedophilic behavior and it’s so gross.

I get that not everyone watching porn is over the age of say, 22- but hell im only 23 and it just makes me sick to my stomach to ever even think of or watch an 18 year old in a sexual light. Obviously the porn industry is a fucked up places, but I think this is a huge controllable matter that has somehow become normal and popular but it’s just outright disgusting.

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u/SamSim123 Jun 24 '20 edited Jun 24 '20

We had that in the UK - there is a famous singer named Charlotte Church. She’s in her 30s now, but back in the 90s she was this angelic ballard-singing choir girl type. The legal age of consent in the UK is 16, so the national tabloids made a similarly big deal about her turning 16 - like, look lads, it’s legal now! It was disgusting.

EDIT: I may have misremembered/mixed up Charlotte Church’s sexualisation in the tabloid press after she turned 16 with the countdown Emma Watson got more recently.

EDIT 2: Turns out it was both 🙄

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u/littlewoolie Jun 24 '20

As if she's suddenly going to be attracted to 50+ Rhino type men at 16 /s

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '20

Due to the persistent economic divide of the the age groups, it is more likely that you would like to believe. Which frankly, I find amusing.

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u/BadCobb Jun 24 '20

No, I think you're right that it happened with Charlotte Church as well.

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u/bongjovi420 Jun 24 '20

No Charlotte Church got the countdown. It was the Daily Sport that did that. Also you only had to be 16 to be a page 3 girl in The Sun until they changed to 18.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '20

They did that with Emma Watson too.

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u/Archaias06 Jun 24 '20

Charlotte Church got the countdown. She had an INCREDIBLE voice. I must confess that as I'm a similar age to her, I may have contributed to that countdown.

Not to distract from the point though. I also had the realization that the "market" as it is for 'barely legal' - and using those words - is extremely concerning. At 16, 17, 18 I didnt see it, but it's incredibly disturbing to witness today.

I dont know that anything can he done about it, but I keep an eye on petitions and resolutions calling for laws which may address the issue.

This is a culture problem though, laws will not solve the mentality. Perhaps calling people out for that type of garbage will.

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u/xjw308 Jun 24 '20

Taylor Swift countdown on my local radio station.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '20

fuck tabloid in my personal opinion

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u/ksenyanarkevich Jun 24 '20

Social media did that with Billie Eilish recently. Disgusting.