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[–] mech@feddit.org 240 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

She was abused for nude modelling and movie roles that sexualized her, including fully nude sex scenes, from age 11 on.
The movies were shown in theatres and on TV. Mainstream magazines published the pictures.
Fucked up times.

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 192 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Nude scenes/nudity is not a problem. Nudity is completely natural and should be normalised. The problem is in sexualising children, whether they're nude or not.

It's important to not conflate the two to avoid reinforcing puritanical views around nudity.

[–] mech@feddit.org 103 points 1 month ago (1 children)

While I agree with your point, she played a child prostitute whose virginity was sold to the highest bidder.

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 73 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Yes, and it's literally based on a true story that has happened a hundred times over and the film portrays this as a horrible thing.

Like the story is repellent and horrible because it is supposed to be. This is like a criticism of Schindler's List because it portrays a genocide.

It's funny because there is plenty of horrifying and deliberately salacious shit that they did with Shields that would merit more criticism. How about her fully nude appearance in Playboy at ten?

[–] False@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I can't imagine volunteering my child to take that role personally. They don't have the maturity to understand the subject matter

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 47 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Her mom was a horrible person.

[–] stray@pawb.social 3 points 1 month ago

Lately I've been considering the idea that people under a certain age (16? 18?) should be banned from television and cinema altogether. My thinking is that it's a form of child labor, and that they're not able to consent to fame.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is like a criticism of Schindler’s List because it portrays a genocide.

It's like criticizing an article about Schindler's List with the bolded caption "Find out how many kikes can fit in an oven".

It’s funny because there is plenty of horrifying and deliberately salacious shit that they did with Shields that would merit more criticism.

The quote directly below a photo of her and Woody Allen is more than I needed to see, thanks.

[–] dreamkeeper@literature.cafe 1 points 1 month ago

This person made some truly awful arguments, lol

[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 54 points 1 month ago (4 children)

The biggest thing I learned from living in Italy for two years and then marrying a Korean woman a few years after that is that Americans have fucked up views on sexuality and nudity. I came from a pretty liberal secular hippie type family and I was surprised to find I had some residual cultural hang ups just from growing up in the US.

[–] axh@lemmy.world 59 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm from Poland and didn't think about it until I found that in the first part of The Witcher games, the game that is directed to adults, they had to develop a special versions for the USA. The version included full violence with decapitations and gore, but showing a woman's nipple was too far so they had to censor it.

[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

That's pretty weird because I do see women's nipples in US movies and series.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I’m very body positive and pro nudity for an American who grew up Catholic, but moving to Germany unleashed similar hangups for me.

Fun story: the first time I used the communal shower at the pool naked (like everyone else here), a child pointed at my nipple piercing and loudly asked “mommy, what’s that on her nipple,” so everyone turned to stare at my tits. I was doubly overwhelmed, because it was the first time I’d heard the vernacular term for a nipple in German: “Brustwarze,” which literally translates to “breast wart,” which is fucking horrendous.

If it weren’t for the fact that I remember that every time I encounter the word “Brustwarze,” I think I’d have blocked it out.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 23 points 1 month ago

“Brustwarze,” which literally translates to “breast wart,”

And it’s little things like that which cause German to be known as the language of love.

[–] njordomir@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

German-American here. I had a stint with organized religion and American purity culture. The church and "purity culture" messed me up pretty good, most notably in the 5 years after my deconversion. Americans love judging people for sex, then cheerfully do all the same things secretly themselves without an ounce of self-awareness. I still can't decide if I have an irrationally strong fear of STDs brought about by American sex-ed, or of it's a rational response to the fact that everyone is going around fucking without protection, many without a basic anotomical understanding of their own body. I wish we could get people to take safety seriously because we're all connected in a giant fucking web.

What stood out the most to you about Americans sexual hang-ups?

[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What stood out the most to you about Americans sexual hang-ups?

The thing that stood out the most was some latent inherent shame to being naked. When my wife and I first got together, we’d rent some cheap hotel rooms and go there to hook up, she’d get there first and shower. I’d arrive and she’d answer the door naked and it was just wild to me. She was so comfortable in her own skin and fine just existing totally naked (in the appropriate circumstances). I had to quickly recalibrate what I thought was “normal” and my life was improved as a result.

[–] njordomir@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

That makes total sense. I've spent a lot of non-sexual hours sitting butt naked in the Sauna in Germany with hundreds of people. In the US, that would only happen in the woods with hippies. Thanks for sharing.

[–] Gloomy@mander.xyz 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

we're all connected in a giant fucking web

I so much love your comment because the "fucking" part reads as a literal description (and I'm not sure if that was intensional on your part).

[–] njordomir@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Thats the ex-redditor in me; I can't pass up a good pun.

[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 35 points 1 month ago

I would argue that while nudity at home should not be an issue, the nature of the film industry means that even if the nudity is presented in a naturalistic fashion, the fact it is on film makes it exploitative.

Imagine being 10-12 years old, naked, and surrounded by adults (mostly men,) some of whom are more or less ordering you around. I can’t imagine a way to make that anything other than deeply distressing for a child.

[–] FreshLight@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Your take is delusional. No video material or images of naked underaged people. Period.

I hope you revisit your statement in a few years.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world -5 points 1 month ago

It's also possible to safely take Adderall. The problem is when people who shouldn't have it get ahold of it. And that's why it's restricted.

[–] PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 60 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I dunno. People are actively siding with pedophiles now so Im not sure we changed much.

[–] morto@piefed.social 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I believe we never had all the social progress we believed to have. Many people were just "restricting themselves" to conform with the rules, and now they feel comfortable enough to show what they really think about things...

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

turns out if you make rules, people comply with them. that, however, does not change anything about the underlying reality of the human nature.

[–] Nebraska_Huskers@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

As a teen I remember seeing blue lagoon on cinemax. Now that I'm in my mid 40s I realize blue lagoon is literal child porn