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Does this person look creepy to you? (Original Post) Tabasco_Dave Nov 2012 OP
Not at all. The article even says differently than its title. Behind the Aegis Nov 2012 #1
I thought the title was in bad taste and unfair Tabasco_Dave Nov 2012 #2
Good grief. Cut the kid some slack. Warren DeMontague Nov 2012 #3
No. daleanime Nov 2012 #4
Creepy? No. Scuba Nov 2012 #5
Hardly creepy. Funny as heck, yes. Give it to kid for enjoying the ball game. Hoyt Nov 2012 #6
Would they ever post a picture of a female fan gushing over 4th law of robotics Nov 2012 #7
Speaking of "dark"... opiate69 Nov 2012 #10
Nope.. Upton Nov 2012 #8
Do these people look creepy? rrneck Nov 2012 #9
I wonder who's more "guilty" in this scenario ProudToBeBlueInRhody Nov 2012 #11
Not creepy at all. What is creepy is dressing like that in front of kids. Pterodactyl Nov 2012 #12
 

4th law of robotics

(6,801 posts)
7. Would they ever post a picture of a female fan gushing over
Sun Nov 25, 2012, 12:23 PM
Nov 2012

the latest sexy male and call her creepy? Of course not. Even the older women losing it over underaged actors in twilight weren't labeled creepy.

See if that holds up when the genders are flipped.

The message its obvious: female sexuality is cute and harmless. Male sexuality is dark and frightening and wrong.

 

opiate69

(10,129 posts)
10. Speaking of "dark"...
Sun Nov 25, 2012, 03:21 PM
Nov 2012

Anyone else think there's a bit of a racial component to it as well? Kind of harkens back to the early days of Rock n Roll, with the attitude that black music was overtly sexual and "animalistic" or something... (maybe I'll be better able to articulate what I mean after some more coffee lol)

Upton

(9,709 posts)
8. Nope..
Sun Nov 25, 2012, 01:35 PM
Nov 2012

the creepy ones are those people who think there is something wrong with this young kid's reaction...

ProudToBeBlueInRhody

(16,399 posts)
11. I wonder who's more "guilty" in this scenario
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:02 PM
Nov 2012

The creepy, problematic masher in training ogling and objectifying body parts....

or

The victimized, oppressed and exploited young woman who probably thinks she enjoys doing this.

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