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In the 1988 film Big, the character Susan takes part in child grooming, when she pursues a relationship with Josh. (self.showerthoughts)
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It's also implied that she engages in statutory rape.

She's unaware of Josh's real age though, so I don't know the legal or moral implications.

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[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 51 points 4 weeks ago

Moral implications don't exist for her. She saw a fully adult male.

Legal implications don't exist, because no law on the books takes into account the concept of a child inhabiting an adults body.

Josh on the other hand......

[-] criitz@reddthat.com 31 points 4 weeks ago

Josh is a child and bears no responsibility for any sexual encounters

[-] wesker 10 points 4 weeks ago

Solid assessment.

I think the closest legal grounds we have would be when an adult that has the mental capacity of a child is the victim. Of course this isn't the same scenario, and all tangible evidence is lost when Josh returned to his normal body.

[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 10 points 4 weeks ago

Any questionable acts would happen after the movie's end. My thoughts have always been what the effects were to Susan once she saw he was telling the truth. We don't even really get that short of the look of amazement, and maybe shock on her face.

[-] Drusas@fedia.io 10 points 4 weeks ago

I'd imagine she would be the one feeling violated here.

[-] miseducator@lemmy.world 29 points 4 weeks ago

At least he appears to be a grown ass man, unlike the Disney film Blank Check.

[-] nyahlathotep@sh.itjust.works 14 points 4 weeks ago

immediately what I thought of when I read this post. Even when I was 10 I was like "this is weird..."

[-] wesker 7 points 4 weeks ago

Eesh.

[-] thagoat 7 points 4 weeks ago

Jfc. Gross.

[-] jaxiiruff@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 weeks ago

The worst double standard we have as a society is that only girls are victims of weird stuff like this.

[-] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 4 points 4 weeks ago

What the hell am I watching

[-] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 weeks ago

She was a fed too wasn't she?

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