Possible, or.....or, they all are apart of the entertainment world that seems to love preying on the young (e.g. Kevin Spacey, Bryan Singer, Roman Polanski, Victor Salva, James Murphy, Bob Villard, Marc Collins-Rector, Brian Peck and on and on). Pressley and Lewis were both Hollywood. Note in "The Professional", Portman hadn't even developed secondary sexual characteristics, so it was technically pedophilia.
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Keelai (31973)
3 years ago
If you're talking abuse, then it's not limited to Hollywood. It's throughout society - priests, boy scouts and the next door neighbor.
If you're talking culture, Elvis and Lewis were following a Southern tradition of marrying very young girls. 13 and 14 were common ages for marriage. Another tradition was marrying a cousin which is where the inbred jokes about southerners originated. The British were horrified when Lewis brought his 13-year-old wife/cousin there.
Men in cultures around the world historically married very young girls.
In general, older men prefer very young women which is not limited to Hollywood. Rich men are more likely to get what they want while poorer men settle.
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TearofLys (2398)
3 years ago
Priests and boy scout masters get a bad rap. Rates of abuse are lower for those groups than in the general population, but of course the media won't acknowledge that (projection). However, given the amount of abuse we know about in Hollywood, and that it probably just the tip of the iceberg, the amount of abuse is scandalously high given the relative small size of the industry.
"Men in cultures around the world historically married very young girls."
Throughout most of human history life was brutish and short, but even still, marriage was put off until the girl developed secondary sexual characteristics. It certainly isn't the norm in modern western civilization where the average lifespan is pushing 80 years old. It sounds to me like....like.... you are defending pedophelia! Who am I talking to?? Would the feds be interested in what you have on your hard drive?!
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Keelai (31973)
3 years ago
You sound like you're a QAnoner - delusional, paranoid and into conspiracy theories. You're also a hypocrite because QAnoners supported Trump who molested children, supported a pedophile candidate and befriended a child sex trafficker.
Furthermore, you support child abuse as long as it's done by a priest or scout leader which is repugnant:
"Priests and boy scout masters get a bad rap. Rates of abuse are lower"
One is one too many! They get the rap that they deserve.
You're projecting your desire for children onto others. You hate Hollywood, yet you're on a movie blog. Why did you even watch "The Professional?"
I'm assuming you're a southerner and child marriages are in your ancestry which is why you're defending them.
That's untrue that marriages were put off until puberty which used to be around 16 for girls. Even royalty were married before puberty. They didn't consummate the marriage until later.
And why were you closely examining if Natalie Portman had "secondary sexual characteristics"? That alone is freaky behavior on you part.
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