16 YO given permission to bare her breasts in movie

[Songbird]

I certainly would have given permission if that's what my daughter wanted to do. I was out of the house and living on my own at 17, traveling through Europe alone at 18. 16 is not too young to make and take responsibility for your own choices. Even for a younger person, it isn't the nudity that would put me off, but the context. For example, if the scene involved any kind of groping or other age-inappropriate behavior I'd say no.

I appreciate your view and understand it. But I strongly disagree. Many kids are mature enough to handle it, but movies aren't just about the actor's maturity. The consumption of the movie is more the issue to me. I think arbitrary age laws keep sexual pressure off of kids, especially those whose frontal lobes need a little more time to develop. Of course teens are sexual. But American culture specifically isn't ready to sanction sexuality for them. Educate them, allow them choices, guide them, but please, Hollywood, don't send the message that sexuality between kids and adults is normative.

 

[Songbird]

Maybe Americans see boobs differently than Canadians or Europeans. I honestly don't see what the fuss is all about.

LOL, that's exactly what I was thinking. And as someone who breastfed three children, they're little more than any other body part to me.

 

[Skwim]

"Importance" of the movie?
"Legitimacy" of the project?

What do "big names" have to do with either the "importance" and or "legitimacy" of the movie?

Would you give permission if the production company was CornPorn Productions; the movie's name: [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]American Booty; [/FONT]written by Seymour Butts; Directed by Buck Naked; starring Lightning Rod Rodriguez, Amanda Huggenkiss, and Patty 'O Furniture?

 

[Revoltingest]

LOL, that's exactly what I was thinking. And as someone who breastfed three children, they're little more than any other body part to me.

Tis all a matter of perspective.

 

[Songbird]

Tis all a matter of perspective.

Straight on is nice, but profile views are....

WHAT?

 

[Koldo]

Seems to me there is a HUGE difference between showing breasts in a movie and walking around showing your breasts in public.

And there is. However, from Alceste's post it could be said that even showing breasts in the street would be a trivial thing.

 

[Koldo]

I whip them out whenever it seems appropriate. The beach, for example. I would say being paid a couple million bucks or so to star in a movie would pass my appropriateness threshold.

An exception doesn't make a general rule, right?

 

[Skwim]

Maybe Americans see boobs differently than Canadians or Europeans.

Many of them do---principally conservative Protestants--- it's part of the Puritanical legacy we were left with.

I honestly don't see what the fuss is all about.

There shouldn't be, but when it comes to mores created by uptight, straight laced ninnies who consider Hell as "good enough for ya and your kind" that's what you get.

 

[Revoltingest]

I whip them out whenever it seems appropriate. The beach, for example. I would say being paid a couple million bucks or so to star in a movie would pass my appropriateness threshold.

The movie: Manitoban Minx
A torrid love quadrangle between Alceste, Mestemia, Koldo, Songbird & Skwim set in the Canadian wilderness.....burly
lumberjacks vie for the affections of the few women who dare venture into a savage land of raw animal passion....logs
will be rolled, massive trunks will be felled, axes will be wielded & lusty ballads will be sung to the tunes sproinged on a
taught & serpentine saw! Chests will be bared! Hidden desires aired! All in gorgeous technicolor.

 

[Skwim]

The movie: Manitoban Minx
A torrid love quadrangle between Alceste, Mestemia, Koldo, Songbird & Skwim set in the Canadian wilderness.....burly
lumberjacks vie for the affections of the few women who dare venture into a savage land of raw animal passion....logs
will be rolled, massive trunks will be felled, axes will be wielded & lusty ballads will be sung to the tunes sproinged on a
taught & serpentine saw!

Yes! YES! YES! More! MORE! MORE! Then what do I do? Huh? HUH? Do I whip out my weapon of mass destruction and fell young saplings in a single blow?

 

[Songbird]

The movie: Manitoban Minx
A torrid love quadrangle between Alceste, Mestemia, Koldo, Songbird & Skwim set in the Canadian wilderness.....burly
lumberjacks vie for the affections of the few women who dare venture into a savage land of raw animal passion....logs
will be rolled, massive trunks will be felled, axes will be wielded & lusty ballads will be sung to the tunes sproinged on a
taught & serpentine saw! Chests will be bared! Hidden desires aired! All in gorgeous technicolor.

I'm in! Only because it's in that newfangled Technicolor.

 

[Koldo]

I'm in! Only because it's in that newfangled Technicolor.

No no...I am in.................

*a moment of reflection to understand what i am talking about*

....Got it?

 

[Songbird]

No no...I am in.................

*a moment of reflection to understand what i am talking about*

....Got it?

LOL! Got it.

 

[Koldo]

LOL! Got it.

Yea, I am in.... one of the "Chests will be bared!".
I hope you don't take too long to find me, as i heard there isn't much oxygen in those chests.

 

[LuisDantas]

There ought to be a law against love quadrangles with five people. Think of the children!

 

[Koldo]

There ought to be a law against love quadrangles with five people. Think of the children!

That isn't a problem at all!
Mestemia dies at the first minute of the movie.
Problem solved.

 

[Revoltingest]

In the sequel, "Behind The Red Green Door", a hot Brazilian interloper will arrive upon the scene. Leaving his home country to escape
the endless sexual escapades & raucous partying, he flees to the frozen north, only to discover that those mad Manitobans make Brazilians
look like the Amish. A frightened young thing, he is introduced to campy Canadian ways by those wily vixens Alcest & Kathryn. But this
movie ends on a tragic note, with young Luis sitting in an alley, an empty bottle of maple syrup in one hand, an empty poutine carton in
the other, & snow on his toqueless head.

 

[Alceste]

I appreciate your view and understand it. But I strongly disagree. Many kids are mature enough to handle it, but movies aren't just about the actor's maturity. The consumption of the movie is more the issue to me. I think arbitrary age laws keep sexual pressure off of kids, especially those whose frontal lobes need a little more time to develop. Of course teens are sexual. But American culture specifically isn't ready to sanction sexuality for them. Educate them, allow them choices, guide them, but please, Hollywood, don't send the message that sexuality between kids and adults is normative.

Actually, the relationship portrayed in this film for the breast-haver in question was between two teenagers, and the boob-displaying scene was very age-appropriate. IOW, she acted like a 16 Yo doing something a 16 YO would do.

 

[Songbird]

Yea, I am in.... one of the "Chests will be bared!".
I hope you don't take too long to find me, as i heard there isn't much oxygen in those chests.

Haha! I'll talk to the screenwriter about that.

 

[Alceste]

And there is. However, from Alceste's post it could be said that even showing breasts in the street would be a trivial thing.

It is a matter of personal choice. The restriction of individual freedoms based on arbitrary gender laws is not trivial. Women have fought in court and won in Canada to put an end to laws that discriminate against women vis-a-vis shirtlessness. It gets hot here in the summer.