Woman lusts over "legal" Brooklyn Beckham

Conall Cernach · 29-10-2015 02:18PM

Azalea wrote: »

You won't get in trouble for fancying someone.

You may not get in trouble legally but you would draw some curious looks at the very least if you went around announcing your sexual attraction to an underage person.

My name is URL · 29-10-2015 02:37PM

Not sure how anyone can be surprised or disgusted by the article and its content matter considering it's the Daily Mail

The cries of hypocrisy are also completely predictable and untrue, not to mention hysterical.

How many times have the Daily Mail used the creepy phrase 'all grown up' to describe teenage female celebs?

http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/all-grown-up-sexing-up-the-internet-with-the-daily-mail

29-10-2015 03:01PM

Azalea wrote: »

You can't see anything at all parody-esque about it? Even the multiple choice birthday party question?

I think it's not only a parody of the reverse gender scenario - the "Hot. Ready. Legal." bit especially - but also poking fun at teenage girls.

He's a nice looking lad in my opinion - not "hot", because he's a young boy. But he would be hot to girls his age.

I don't think not finding him hot means you're getting old, it just means he's too young.

Yeah, I read it and my first thought was 'parody'.

Wouldn't fancy him myself, I'm 12 years older and I'd probably be telling him to wear a jacket and make sure he has a decent breakfast.

Oh, and there's definitely something wrong with someone who fancies a 13 year old. Fine if you don't act on it, but don't kid yourself it's normal.

Kid yourself. Heh.

One eyed Jack · 29-10-2015 03:17PM

My name is URL wrote: »

Not sure how anyone can be surprised or disgusted by the article and its content matter considering it's the Daily Mail

Except on this occasion, it isn't the Daily Mail at all, it's the equivalent of the Daily Mail for women though, TATLER magazine -

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

Whether it's just a poorly written attempt at satire, or if it's meant to highlight some "double standard" or whatever, the writer does it very badly, exaggerating the effect and rendering the article pointless anyway. Maybe she is genuinely expressing her, ehh, "obsession?", with Brooklyn Beckham because he's a celebrity to- be or whatever, a bit like Caroline Flack and Harry Styles, which is just a bit pathetic really if that's the case.

It's not illegal, no, but it is weird for grown adults to be idolising teenage celebrities in media aimed at an adult audience. Of course it would probably be even more strange were they to be scouring his social media profiles like Instagram and so on. That's the thing about the whole world of celebrities, it's a world apart from reality for most people, and the thing is to push them into the limelight early and get them as much exposure as possible.

We were all horrified when Miley Cyrus appeared in a state of undress for some magazine cover, or there was that French magazine with the 10 year old girl "modelling" on the front cover. The adoration of Justin Bieber still gives me the shivers, it hasn't done Lindsay Lohan any favours either.

The thing is, no matter how weird we might think it is, for them, they're brought up in that environment where being a celebrity and being exposed to the public is almost a foregone career 'choice', and so they, nor their parents, nor the media who are all about giving people what they want, see anything at all wrong with peddling this crap.

The_Valeyard · 29-10-2015 03:53PM

Well, this thread got very creepy.

crybaby · 29-10-2015 03:56PM

Tatler looks like a website that covers film premieres and vodka launch parties so I would be surprised if this was an intentional piece of satire

Stranger Danger · 29-10-2015 03:57PM

cowboyBuilder wrote: »

My point is men from a physical point of view will find girls attractive from 13-14 (depending on when they are most developed).

Please don't speak for us again as we're worried we're coming across as creepy.

Signed.

Men.

Vegeta · 29-10-2015 04:39PM

iguana wrote: »

Still creepy as hell though, in either gender.

Bingo.

NachoBusiness · 29-10-2015 04:50PM

My name is URL wrote: »

Not sure how anyone can be surprised or disgusted by the article and its content matter considering it's the Daily Mail

The article wasn't in the Dailly Mail.

_Whimsical_ · 29-10-2015 04:56PM

How creepy.

Lately I feel there has definitely been a move towards sexualizing teenage boys by adult women and it's really distasteful. Maybe it's the "cougar" thing taken too far but whatever it is it needs to stop. It started with the Harry Styles and Caroline Flack thing, he was an unknown talent show contest of 17 while she was an established tv presenter in her 30s. There was a definite imbalance of power there, had it been a man and a teen contestant there'd have been outrage. Instead there was an air of "oh that zany, fun loving Caroline".

A few weeks ago we had horrible case of a 21 year old babysitter raping an 11 year old boy and getting away with it as his father thought it was a notch on the sons bedpost and the judge didn't seem to think much differently.

Is it a result of society taking a less threatening view of female sexuality?
Is it that there's such a strong stereotype of men being sex obsessed and always wanting it from puberty onwards that there's a perception that sexual attention is never a negative for a male of any age?

The balance seriously needs to be redressed when it comes to male kids though, and up until 18- 19 they really are kids just as girls are. They shouldn't have to bear attention from creepy older people of either sex.

cowboyBuilder · 29-10-2015 05:01PM

Stranger Danger wrote: »

Please don't speak for us again as we're worried we're coming across as creepy.

Signed.

Men.

Good one, thanks for reading the post fully.

Ever wonder why there is so much 14/15 year old models ?

and again, not talking about myself here .. talking of society in general.

smash · 29-10-2015 05:24PM

cowboyBuilder wrote: »

Ever wonder why there is so much 14/15 year old models ?

Can't say it's something that's ever crossed my mind.

29-10-2015 05:52PM

cowboyBuilder wrote: »

Good one, thanks for reading the post fully.

Ever wonder why there is so much 14/15 year old models ?

and again, not talking about myself here .. talking of society in general.

Because they're flat hipped, flat chested, and show the clothes to their best advantage.

That's why models are called 'clothes hangers'.

DivingDuck · 29-10-2015 06:02PM

The "if the genders were reversed" outrage is farcical, as there are multiple examples given of where this has happened with young female celebrities (Miley Cyrus-- all the Disney kids, actually, and the girls from Harry Potter, many young models, etc.).

Is it slightly bizarre for adults to be fetishizing the barely legal? Perhaps. Is it disturbing that this is becoming increasingly normalised? Yes. Is this some kind of gender issue? Not remotely.

Figbiscuithead · 29-10-2015 07:55PM

cowboyBuilder wrote: »

Sorry

Urges is the wrong word, sounds like inside one wants to act on them
but is forcing himself to stop.

I dont mean this, like I said before if you replace the word 'urges' with 'opinions' , I think it sounds better.

Janey mackers.

_Whimsical_ · 29-10-2015 08:17PM

DivingDuck wrote: »

The "if the genders were reversed" outrage is farcical, as there are multiple examples given of where this has happened with young female celebrities (Miley Cyrus-- all the Disney kids, actually, and the girls from Harry Potter, many young models, etc.).

Is it slightly bizarre for adults to be fetishizing the barely legal? Perhaps. Is it disturbing that this is becoming increasingly normalised? Yes. Is this some kind of gender issue? Not remotely.

I agree with you to a point,young female stars have always been the subject of too much sexual attention,but I do think there is an element of disparity in treatment of genders here.
No mainstream publication would publish an article by a male author unashamedly licking his lips over a girl who had just turned sixteen,it would be sacrificing their reputation and risking outrage by readers . Stars like Miley Cyrus and Kylie Jenner have marketed themselves on raw sexuality so I think a comparison with Brooklyn Beckham who has not courted attention in this sphere is unfair. Having anyone call out someone's kid in this manner is really distasteful and wouldn't be acceptable if it were a female child.

Galwayguy35 · 29-10-2015 08:26PM

He looks like he could do with a feed of steak to fill him out a bit.

kowloon · 29-10-2015 08:34PM

Age issues aside, the celebrity worship in all those x celebrity is now legal stories really irritates me.

29-10-2015 08:38PM

kowloon wrote: »

Age issues aside, the celebrity worship in all those x celebrity is now legal stories really irritates me.

People don't know their neighbours anymore, they work alone from home or in small offices. In the old days, you knew everyone around you, everyone who worked in the stores you went to, everyone on the factory floor and all the generations of their families who worked there before and beside them. All that stuff has changed.

You need someone to gossip about, it's human nature for a lot of people, one of the cements of community.

Into The Blue · 29-10-2015 08:39PM

Mother Brain wrote: »

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

Ugh.. I hate my brain sometimes...

That's 18 you're thinking of.. Porn with 16 year olds? Where have you seen that around for years?

DivingDuck · 29-10-2015 08:43PM

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

No mainstream publication would publish an article by a male author unashamedly licking his lips over a girl who had just turned sixteen,it would be sacrificing their recommendation and risking outrage by readers.

Perhaps in the literal text, but the message is very obviously the same. Publishing half-naked photoshoots and focusing interview questions on their "transition to adulthood" and their sex lives amounts to the same thing.

Stars like Miley Cyrus and Kylie Jenner have marketed themselves on raw sexuality so I think a comparison with Brooklyn Beckham who has not courted attention in this sphere is unfair. Having anyone call out someone's kid in this manner is really distasteful and wouldn't be acceptable if it were a female child.

That's where you've got a point. I'm not an expert on his career, but I don't remember seeing any modelling/career photos that have been sex-focused, so to sexualise him in this manner seems very unnecessary.

cowboyBuilder · 29-10-2015 08:57PM

Figbiscuithead wrote: »

Janey mackers.

Janey Mackers what ?

flas · 29-10-2015 09:28PM

These journalists probably grew up reading the most explosive and Hard hitting investigate journalism,its obviously struck a cord with them and lit a spark so luminescent that they wanted to devote their lives to uncovering the truth and trying to bring about change with their exposés,so much so they studied to get into a journalist course in university and struggled through a crappy internship all the while trying to build a name for themselves in a tough industry, and it all comes to this,penning a story about a former professional footballers son and how now he is 16 and hot she wants to have her way with him!I hope all the student debt was worth it for her, it's beyond ridiculous.

Summer wind · 29-10-2015 09:54PM

The most shocking part of this tripe filled article is that she was paid to write it.

Azalea · 30-10-2015 12:49AM

I think cowboyBuilder just means teenage girls who look like young women can be attractive to older men, because of evolutionary whatnot, and that's not untrue. Doesn't mean those men are going to try it on with them. Most people in relationships are with people around their own age.

Tarzana2 · 30-10-2015 12:57AM

Azalea wrote: »

I think cowboyBuilder just means teenage girls who look like young women can be attractive to older men, because of evolutionary whatnot, and that's not untrue. Doesn't mean those men are going to try it on with them. Most people in relationships are with people around their own age.

Thing is though, basically no 13 or 14 year old can pass for a woman. They are simply not filled out enough at that age.

30-10-2015 12:59AM

Azalea wrote: »

I think cowboyBuilder just means teenage girls who look like young women can be attractive to older men, because of evolutionary whatnot, and that's not untrue. Doesn't mean those men are going to try it on with them. Most people in relationships are with people around their own age.

Tarzana2 wrote: »

Thing is though, basically no 13 or 14 year old can pass for a woman. They are simply not filled out enough at that age.

I agree with Tarzana, kids of 13 are children and can't pass for women. They have neither the mental nor physical characteristics of young adults.

Azalea · 30-10-2015 01:00AM

Tarzana2 wrote: »

Thing is though, basically no 13 or 14 year old can pass for a woman. They are simply not filled out enough at that age.

In my experience they can be by 14

But I genuinely don't think cowboyBuilder meant barely adolescent teens, just made a mistake with ages. I'd say the phenomenon applies to girls of at the very least 15 usually. I could get into pubs no bother when I was 15. A bit mad really...

_Whimsical_ · 30-10-2015 01:02AM

DivingDuck wrote: »

Perhaps in the literal text, but the message is very obviously the same. Publishing half-naked photoshoots and focusing interview questions on their "transition to adulthood" and their sex lives amounts to the same thing.

That's the thing though, I think the literal text is all important, the literal text tells us what we as a society consider acceptable to express. The fact that we would never see the same text on a story of a 16 year old girl tells us that adults speaking about them like that is not acceptable.

I fully agree that girls are much too sexualised too early and all those dailymail stories like "young star goes to beach and looks amazing in bikini" are implicitly saying "gawk at boobs here" but because they don't say that I don't tend to think that when I see them and I'd imagine neither do most women, infact they probably attract as many or more female readers as male. If it was framed as "Lick your lips hot barely legal babe in bikini" that wouldn't be the case.

NachoBusiness · 30-10-2015 01:14AM

Tarzana2 wrote: »

Thing is though, basically no 13 or 14 year old can pass for a woman. They are simply not filled out enough at that age.

Nonsense. Have seen many 13/14 year old girls who could easily pass for 18.

Ireland Baldwin is a good example. Here she is pictured at an awards show when she was 13.

Some video footage also but quality is poor:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-_3kKgAMo4

Woman lusts over "legal" Brooklyn Beckham

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