Netflix's "Cuties" - The Preteen Sexual Objectification Equivalent of "Funny Games"

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From what I read in the director’s French interview, she’s basically saying - well, it happens irl, and young girls do love to get likes and followers on social media. And sexualising themselves is a good way to do so.

She has a point with that. Pre-pubescent and barely pubescent girls are putting themselves out there and doing shit like that. A whole lot of them, at least in France.

Last year, I interviewed kids in my old middle school for a project about social media, we’re talking 11-13 year olds, and most of them had posted inappropriate content online. And were willing to admit it because they didn’t see anything wrong with it.

Hell, there was a 12 year old whose latest pic at the time (and one she showed off proudly) was her in a swimsuit from the summer holidays, captioned “sea, sex, and sun” with emojis.
I asked her if she knew what that meant, but she kind of brushed it off with “it sounds cool, and look at how many likes I got”.

And when I went to talk with the supervisor about it, she just kind of hand-waived it with “we got 6th graders with access to social media. We try to teach them to be careful, but what can you do?”

Before I get tarred and feathered, yes, that movie is presented as paedo-bait, and I don’t really see why it was made other than for shock value. But the issue of sexualising young girls is a real one.
What makes this shit so horrifying is that, in this case, the director picked actresses that look like pre-pubescent 11 year olds. But when you see Tik Tok “stars” that are 12 but with breasts, suddenly, it’s okay for the majority of outraged people.
 
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Azovka said:
From what I read in the director’s French interview, she’s basically saying - well, it happens irl, and young girls do love to get likes and followers on social media. And sexualising themselves is a good way to do so.

She has a point with that. Pre-pubescent and barely pubescent girls are putting themselves out there and doing shit like that. A whole lot of them, at least in France.

Last year, I interviewed kids in my old middle school for a project about social media, we’re talking 11-13 year olds, and most of them had posted inappropriate content online. And were willing to admit it because they didn’t see anything wrong with it.

Hell, there was a 12 year old whose latest pic at the time (and one she showed off proudly) was her in a swimsuit from the summer holidays, captioned “sea, sex, and sun” with emojis.
I asked her if she knew what that meant, but she kind of brushed it off with “it sounds cool, and look at how many likes I got”.

And when I went to talk with the supervisor about it, she just kind of hand-waived it with “we got 6th graders with access to social media. We try to teach them to be careful, but what can you do?”

Before I get tarred and feathered, yes, that movie is presented as paedo-bait, and I don’t really see why it was made other than for shock value. But the issue of sexualising young girls is a real one.
What makes this shit so horrifying is that, in this case, the director picked actresses that look like pre-pubescent 11 year olds. But when you see Tik Tok “stars” that are 12 but with breasts, suddenly, it’s okay for the majority of outraged people.
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People entering puberty, boys or girls, are always going to explore, yes. That being said, while females can mature faster than males, how many of them at 11 are actually "exploring their sexuality" rather than just fishing for attention?
 
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Azovka said:
From what I read in the director’s French interview, she’s basically saying - well, it happens irl, and young girls do love to get likes and followers on social media. And sexualising themselves is a good way to do so.

She has a point with that. Pre-pubescent and barely pubescent girls are putting themselves out there and doing shit like that. A whole lot of them, at least in France.

Last year, I interviewed kids in my old middle school for a project about social media, we’re talking 11-13 year olds, and most of them had posted inappropriate content online. And were willing to admit it because they didn’t see anything wrong with it.

Hell, there was a 12 year old whose latest pic at the time (and one she showed off proudly) was her in a swimsuit from the summer holidays, captioned “sea, sex, and sun” with emojis.
I asked her if she knew what that meant, but she kind of brushed it off with “it sounds cool, and look at how many likes I got”.

And when I went to talk with the supervisor about it, she just kind of hand-waived it with “we got 6th graders with access to social media. We try to teach them to be careful, but what can you do?”

Before I get tarred and feathered, yes, that movie is presented as paedo-bait, and I don’t really see why it was made other than for shock value. But the issue of sexualising young girls is a real one.
What makes this shit so horrifying is that, in this case, the director picked actresses that look like pre-pubescent 11 year olds. But when you see Tik Tok “stars” that are 12 but with breasts, suddenly, it’s okay for the majority of outraged people.
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I get what you mean, its not an issue with the message, but there are ways to have such themes and messages with discretion and taste. The use of symbolism, metaphors or whatever, or try a way of presenting that doesn't involve actual children.

You don't actually have to have a child twerking to talk about how children twerking is bad.
 
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Ruin said:
I'll admit I'm not an expert on twerking but isn't the whole point to emphasize the breasts and butt? How does that work with girls too young to have either of those things?
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Pedophiles get off to the fact that they don't have those.

And don't forget, Austin Jones got busted for getting underage girls to make twerking videos for him. In at least one of them he directed the girl to say "I'm only [her age]".
 
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The responses, while certainly in legalese and non committal, appear more relevant to the person talking than a bot can typically do. Seems more like a human reading the replies, and submitting canned/pre-written responses that fit.


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Seriously, wtf is wrong with Dick? The problem is the art work and the clear sexualization of children as advertisement for the film. What the fuck is wrong with him for not seeing that? Suspect AF.
 
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>okay I want the theme that involves children and sexuality
>so I'm going to use irl children which will traumatize them later in life after feeling used
Why not use obviously hairy and fat men to play the part of the children? 1) It'll be funnier and 2) No kids won't get fucked over from it.
It's not hard to establish that sort of universe either using the suspension of disbelief and shit.
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Meanwhile Dan Schnider breathes a sigh of relief thinking that the heat is finally off him.
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That could explain why the United States got that poster instead of the France one. A diversion to remove the heat on Dan Schneider back. :smug:

Meanwhile one vlogger denounce the double standards applies to Cuties and animes and it isn't Styxhexenhammer666, Timcast or Clownfish TV.
 
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5ever a crab said:
>okay I want the theme that involves children and sexuality
>so I'm going to use irl children which will traumatize them later in life after feeling used
Why not use obviously hairy and fat men to play the part of the children? 1) It'll be funnier and 2) No kids won't get fucked over from it.
It's not hard to establish that sort of universe either using the suspension of disbelief and shit.
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Only thing I can think of

 
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That could explain why the United States got that poster instead of the France one. A diversion to remove the heat on Dan Schneider back. :smug:

Meanwhile one vlogger denounce the double standards applies to Cuties and animes and it isn't Styxhexenhammer666, Timcast or Clownfish TV.
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Both are degenerate trash.
 
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That Stupid Fucking Tree said:
There are people out here in this world who have no problem with this and Big Mouth but will scream bloody murder over a college age anime girl.

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And in case that's not bad enough you could also get them a doll that literally gasps when you press a button in between its legs.

Or if they're fans of Lion King they can watch a TV show where a skunk and a badger sniff each other's farts.

Oh and we can't forget about Dan Schneider's work that's been going on for like what half a fucking decade?
 
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