Woman lusts over "legal" Brooklyn Beckham

MakeEmLaugh · 29-10-2015 04:32AM #1

Annabel Rivkin, a 36 year old journalist in Tatler magazine, has written a questionable article about Brooklyn Beckham.

In the article, Rivkin writes

He's 16. So he's suddenly legal. Which means there are options that three months ago there would not have been. So that's diverting. Hot. Ready. Legal.

https://twitter.com/thei100/status/659287912559824897

Seriously, what the fuck?

The Randy Riverbeast · 29-10-2015 04:34AM

He's 16? I'm getting old.

Cookie_Monster · 29-10-2015 04:37AM

he's definitely got that generic one direction eque look about him, is that 'hot' now?

Royal Irish · 29-10-2015 04:40AM

If the genders of both was the opposite way around the fuzz would be calling to the journalists door to check their hard drives.

J. Marston · 29-10-2015 04:41AM

He'll be getting the "All grown up" treatment from the Daily Mail any day now.

Nodin · 29-10-2015 07:26AM

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

he's definitely got that generic one direction eque look about him, is that 'hot' now?

The gormless look seems popular amongst many of the young ones allright.

strelok · 29-10-2015 07:49AM

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/05/27/article-1281827-09461E1C000005DC-978_634x570.jpg

i'm sure he'd be all over that

kneemos · 29-10-2015 07:51AM

Is he old enough to change his name?

It's a constant reminder of what his ma and da were at in New York.

Uuuggghhhh!!

bigpink · 29-10-2015 07:53AM

Not ugly but not hot either

Anesthetize · 29-10-2015 08:09AM

This reminds me of all these gay guys waiting for midnight for Justin Bieber to turn legal.

29-10-2015 08:22AM

I stopped reading at:

Question: Who would you rather have at your birthday party?
a) The Prince of Wales

b) Kate Moss

c) Brooklyn Beckham

Unless you answer c), we can never be friends because you just don't get it.

Actually, I don't think the author 'gets it.' She sounds predatory and creepy. If the genders were reversed there would be uproar such a piece was allowed go to print.

Apart from 'lusting' over a child what was the point of the article?

strelok · 29-10-2015 08:33AM

Valentina wrote: »

Apart from 'lusting' over a child what was the point of the article?

this sort of vicious slut shaming is exactly why we still need feminism

thee glitz · 29-10-2015 09:04AM

strelok wrote: »

this sort of vicious slut shaming is exactly why we still need feminism

You have my sympathy if you really think that.
As above, what do you think the reaction would be if the sexes were the opposite?

Azalea · 29-10-2015 09:04AM

Anesthetize wrote: »

This reminds me of all these gay guys waiting for midnight for Justin Bieber to turn legal.

And heterosexual guys counting down to when the Olsen twins turned legal.

Article seems like parody (I'm fervently hoping anyway).

He's very like his father.

29-10-2015 09:05AM

Valentina wrote: »

I stopped reading at:

Actually, I don't think the author 'gets it.' She sounds predatory and creepy. If the genders were reversed there would be uproar such a piece was allowed go to print.

Apart from 'lusting' over a child what was the point of the article?

Have they not done it, Charlie Brooker criticised a "countdown to legal" by some tabloid drooling over Emma Watson but can't remember any uproar or computers being searched over it?

kneemos · 29-10-2015 09:08AM

thee glitz wrote: »

You have my sympathy if you really think that.
As above, what do you think the reaction would be if the sexes were the opposite?

Thought the sexes were equal?

Mother Brain · 29-10-2015 09:09AM

I doubt there would be a mass outcry if the genders were reversed.

There are whole websites/ magazines devoted to the "barely legal" niche in pornography and have been for years.

Also, from a purely biological perspective, I would argue that this is totally explainable by virtue of the fact that there is an almost linear decrease in fertility amongst females from puberty onwards. As a purely animal instinct, barely legal represents the best possible mating strategy for a male to pursue, in the sense that if you get a mate at peak fertility you not only have a good chance of impregnating her, but that you would also have many more chances over the years before she becomes infertile.

Not sure about the corresponding rationale for female / male attraction though. In all honesty she's probably just having a tongue in cheek poke at the trope common in men. No harm done.

Ugh.. I hate my brain sometimes...

Tarzana2 · 29-10-2015 09:10AM

Royal Irish wrote: »

If the genders of both was the opposite way around the fuzz would be calling to the journalists door to check their hard drives.

Fourth post. A new record! If the journalist was talking about a sixteen year old girl then no, the police wouldn't be calling. Public opinion might be unfavourable though, much like the OP's reaction to this article.

_Kaiser_ · 29-10-2015 09:18AM

Shoe Repairs wrote: »

What? How is that "slut shaming"?

It's not, because like most of these nonsense terms, it doesn't actually exist beyond the realm of social media.

Article is more an example of this vacuous "celeb" worship than anything else. The author should be more embarrassed at how her writing / journalism career has turned out than "shamed"

Tarzana2 · 29-10-2015 09:19AM

bigpink wrote: »

Not ugly but not hot either

Pretty much.

Tarzana2 · 29-10-2015 09:22AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Have they not done it, Charlie Brooker criticised a "countdown to legal" by some tabloid drooling over Emma Watson but can't remember any uproar or computers being searched over it?

Yup, when people trip over themselves to trot out the "If x was y, there would be uproar" posts (always uproar), do they ever think whether it's true first?

And considering the younger the better when it comes to modelling, people here have probably lusted of under 18 year old models before, they just don't realise they have.

Victor · 29-10-2015 09:27AM

Azalea wrote: »

And heterosexual guys counting down to when the Olsen twins turned legal.

You mean when they turned 18, not 16, as in this case?

Mother Brain · 29-10-2015 09:30AM

Victor wrote: »

You mean when they turned 18, not 16, as in this case?

The age of consent is 16 in the UK.

Legal is legal! :pac:

One eyed Jack · 29-10-2015 09:40AM

The world hasn't collapsed because some hack tried to do a bit of a "gender role reversal" of her own. Quite frankly, it's so obvious, I'm embarrassed for her, and I'm even more embarrassed by the thought of anyone who claims to be a grown adult, not seeing this for what it is.

*adjusts monocle, goes back to flicking past the latest pap snaps of 17 year old Kylie Jenner's arse hole*

Something about gender reversal and uproar did someone say?

smash · 29-10-2015 09:43AM

Still not as creepy as Twilight Moms

thee glitz · 29-10-2015 09:53AM

kneemos wrote: »

Thought the sexes were equal?

People are people. Some need feminism and gender quotas and the like, but most don't.

cowboyBuilder · 29-10-2015 10:11AM

Mother Brain wrote: »

I doubt there would be a mass outcry if the genders were reversed.

There are whole websites/ magazines devoted to the "barely legal" niche in pornography and have been for years.

Also, from a purely biological perspective, I would argue that this is totally explainable by virtue of the fact that there is an almost linear decrease in fertility amongst females from puberty onwards. As a purely animal instinct, barely legal represents the best possible mating strategy for a male to pursue, in the sense that if you get a mate at peak fertility you not only have a good chance of impregnating her, but that you would also have many more chances over the years before she becomes infertile.

Not sure about the corresponding rationale for female / male attraction though. In all honesty she's probably just having a tongue in cheek poke at the trope common in men. No harm done.

Ugh.. I hate my brain sometimes...

From an animal instinct it makes sense as soon as she reaches puberty ..
but society doesn't like to admit this.

One eyed Jack · 29-10-2015 10:17AM

Azalea wrote: »

The bit you quote looks blatantly like a joke, in my opinion.

Tbh, the whole article reads like she's trying really, really hard, to wedge in all the stereotype leering about young female celebrities in the media. It really is a bizarre read, but not at all for the fact that she's talking about 'any' 16 year old, this one is a celebrity, like Prince William when he was 16, etc, it's the actual effort she goes to -

http://www.tatler.com/news/articles/october-2015/the-posh-girls-pin-up-brooklyn-Beckham

All a bit too 'try hard' really, and coming off incredibly obvious - intended to cause outrage, causes outrage, profit??

Tarzana2 · 29-10-2015 10:18AM

cowboyBuilder wrote: »

From an animal instinct it makes sense as soon as she reaches puberty ..
but society doesn't like to admit this.

No, the optimum age would be the late teenage years, as the child-bearing hips have developed. A girl might hit puberty much younger her body isn't really ready to bear a child physically.

sonny.knowles · 29-10-2015 10:36AM

Valentina wrote: »

I stopped reading at:

Actually, I don't think the author 'gets it.' She sounds predatory and creepy. If the genders were reversed there would be uproar such a piece was allowed go to print.

Apart from 'lusting' over a child what was the point of the article?

You mean you actually clicked the link?

LDN_Irish · 29-10-2015 11:15AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Have they not done it, Charlie Brooker criticised a "countdown to legal" by some tabloid drooling over Emma Watson but can't remember any uproar or computers being searched over it?

Aside from the fact that the writer is trolling which a few of the posters noticed, this I've quoted above has made a complete mockery of all of the "if the genders were reversed there'd be a knock at the door" type posts. It's like some of you have had your heads in the sand for decades. Leering over underage girls in the media has been common place for a long time. Emma Watson like Conor says, Charlotte Church was another. As a previous poster said "barely legal" and "teen" are extremely common categories on porn sites. I've really no idea why anyone would think that this doesn't happen to young girls/women particularly when that entire article was written to parody that phenomenon.

Woman lusts over "legal" Brooklyn Beckham

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