[Trigger Warning] Remember the 80’s movie, Sweet Sixteen? Check this link out. 🤢

darling89 · 2021-03-19T02:24:31+00:00

I recently re-watched that and i'm shocked and disgusted by not realising that happened in that movie. Alot of movies are made by men so no surprise and also we are in a patriarchal society. This stuff needs to be outed.

elementalvirago · 2021-03-19T02:50:21+00:00

It's Sixteen Candles and I also recently rewatched it. I remember when this movie came out and now am seeing it soooo much differently.

Jake seems high value in many ways but he tells Ted to take his car and take Caroline home. When Ted points out that she's drunk, Jake says something like "she'll never know the difference". The scene in this picture is when they both wake up in the car, and it's clear they've had sex. And Jake has the audacity to pull up next to them and act disappointed that she cheated.

SansaDeservedBetter · 2021-03-19T04:15:03+00:00

Most 80’s teen movies are gross and feature some sort of rape/sexual assault/objectification of women. 2000’s teen sex comedies seem to be inspired by movies of the 80’s.

Even in Say Anything, which is my favorite 80’s teen movie, Diane’s dad seems to have some sort of incestual interest in her. At least emotionally.

yfunk3 · 2021-03-19T07:57:50+00:00

I mean, as an East Asian person, that movie always sucked for me, but yeah, I did always think the other men weren't exactly princes.

Not really gonna look for HVM values in 99.99% of 80s movies, tbh. Especially the teen comedies.

PersephoneisHalfHell · 2021-03-19T08:43:48+00:00

I've never watched it. But that article draws a really insightful narrative of why rape culture isn't specifically overt: it doesn't say "ten guys raping a girl they've never met in an alley is okay". It simply shifts and reframes rape until it's "not really" a problem, so that like a seasoned narcissist they can slither and gaslight their way out of the spotlight and blame the woman.

Title	[Trigger Warning] Remember the 80’s movie, Sweet Sixteen? Check this link out. 🤢
Author	notallowed2havepizza
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Date	March 18, 2021 1:51 PM UTC (5 years ago)
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