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you dont need to justify someones actions to be understanding. you dont need to hate and be rude to express your disagreement. lets just be nicer(?). my opinion below
if you arent going to read the whole thing better if you just dont read any of it.
i have not watched the movie, this is from what ive heard. correct me if im wrong.
the characters are 17&24 (i think) and the age of consent in italy is 16. so this is NOT ABOUT THE LAW. they are technically "entitled" to have a romantic relationship, but is that relationship ok?
the characters are 17&24 (i think) and the age of consent in italy is 16. so this is NOT ABOUT THE LAW. they are technically "entitled" to have a romantic relationship, but is that relationship ok?
well idk in this one film, but a relationship in that particular age gap, one being a teenager and the other being a grown adult, is likely to be toxic. those 7 years give the older one more "experience in life" which is easy to result in that person being in "a power position".
so, this is not about them giving consent. many toxic relationships start with consent, and actually, are consentual for a long time until someone realises their life revolves around the others instead of being their own.
however, depending on the couple it doesnt become toxic. that case is valid, but it is not really realistic as the alternative of a toxic relationship is much more frequent.
now about what lauren said, im going to try to find screeshots so that it is more accurate.
ok so i think we can all agree that this was just a mistake, she just didnt know. and so did many others bc ive been hearing a lot about the film lately and i hadnt heard this. she didnt know, but it is still wrong.
i think by this she meant what i said earlier, that since it is technically ok by the law, she leaves it up to us to decide whether it is moral or not. i would say she doesnt want to invalidate ALL 17/24 relationships bc of the number, as it is something controversial.
^whatever she meant she should have worded better so that there werent misunderstandings, but that requires more tweets and being more specific. by doing that you are positioning yourself more, when that happens there is ALWAYS backlash.
now this is where i think the anxiety kicks in. but let me explain, anxiety doesnt make you stupid, doesnt justify your words, all that is the person, not the anxiety. but it does help understand how she might have felt in the situation, and therefore acted that way. DONT JUSTIFY
she was probably overwhelmed bc last 2 things she& #39;s talked about she& #39;s felt like people where coming at her, even though most of them really had good intentions. so she skipped her whole opinion and said "yall have ur own brains to think what you want, but leave me alone"
at least i feel thats this tweets energy lmao. i understand that shes feeling both attacked and annoyed bc whatever she says people think it is the wrong answer. but tbh, almost every tweet would have been better than this one.
so id say i might understand what she MEANT but thats not what she SAID. thats why i cant say she was right. do i defend her words? NO. do i think she should explain herself? yes. is she doing it? no. would it be easier if we were nicer? yes.
i understand why she doesnt want to be on twitter anymore but i DONT justify her behaviour(?)
AND THAT WOULD BE THE END OF MY ESSAY LMAO.
