That was sarcasm. It started with Teenagers doing stupid things. That's new and unique. The girls were emulating porn and not responding to stimulus combined with biological urges. Without porn, they never would have engaged in sexual activity, as without society, there would not be stupid sexual activity.
The question is, if the porn didn't exist, would people have sex for stupid reasons anyway? Yes. Porn can be an excuse along with anything else, but again, it's blaming the video game and thinking that removing that will stop the violence. It doesn't. Removing Twilight doesn't stop bad or abusive relationships from existence. It won't.
Now, I think this may be an inflammatory move, but I feel like this idea has the same associations to it as white privilege does in society. As a minority female--and reflective of the research I do in my department right now--I don't get the privilege of not thinking, "How does what I do reflect on my minority group as a whole?" Unfortunately, being considered the lesser sex/gender/race/ethnicity/etc. comes along with a great deal of self-consciousness as to how that facet of my identity is represented to society as a whole.
Not inflammatory; your approach is as valid as mine. If you feel the cigar is always a metaphor, rock on. I don't agree, and I think it's damaging to constantly and consistently call out every cigar as a metaphor, fully as much as not calling out anything at all. It simplifies the issue from "There is behavior here we need to examine" to "if only Stephanie Meyers or etc author would stop writing books I find questionable, all things would be awesome and non-problematic." Girls literally modeling Twilight in their real lives when they come of age would be terrifying adn wrong. Teenage girls indulging in wish fulfillment with unicorns and vampires is normal behavior when exploring their sexuality.
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The question is, if the porn didn't exist, would people have sex for stupid reasons anyway? Yes. Porn can be an excuse along with anything else, but again, it's blaming the video game and thinking that removing that will stop the violence. It doesn't. Removing Twilight doesn't stop bad or abusive relationships from existence. It won't.
Now, I think this may be an inflammatory move, but I feel like this idea has the same associations to it as white privilege does in society. As a minority female--and reflective of the research I do in my department right now--I don't get the privilege of not thinking, "How does what I do reflect on my minority group as a whole?" Unfortunately, being considered the lesser sex/gender/race/ethnicity/etc. comes along with a great deal of self-consciousness as to how that facet of my identity is represented to society as a whole.
Not inflammatory; your approach is as valid as mine. If you feel the cigar is always a metaphor, rock on. I don't agree, and I think it's damaging to constantly and consistently call out every cigar as a metaphor, fully as much as not calling out anything at all. It simplifies the issue from "There is behavior here we need to examine" to "if only Stephanie Meyers or etc author would stop writing books I find questionable, all things would be awesome and non-problematic." Girls literally modeling Twilight in their real lives when they come of age would be terrifying adn wrong. Teenage girls indulging in wish fulfillment with unicorns and vampires is normal behavior when exploring their sexuality.