Posted on 09/14/2020 10:52:34 PM PDT by conservative98
The French film Cuties, currently available on Netflix, has outraged American politicians who say it sexualizes prepubescent girls. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D–Hawaii), a former presidential contender, warns that Cuties, which depicts an 11-year-old's participation in a risqué dance troupe that flouts the values of her conservative Muslim family, "will certainly whet the appetite of pedophiles & help fuel the child sex trafficking trade." Sen. Ted Cruz (R–Texas) goes even further, suggesting that Cuties is illegal. Whatever your take on the film's merits, Cruz presents no evidence to substantiate that claim.
In a letter he sent Attorney General William Barr on Friday, Cruz urges the Justice Department to "investigate the production of 'Cuties' and Netflix's distribution of the film in order to determine whether Netflix, any of its executives, or anyone involved with the making of 'Cuties' violated any federal laws against the production and distribution of child pornography." But he conspicuously fails to explain how the film runs afoul of those statutes.
"The film routinely fetishizes and sexualizes these pre-adolescent girls as they perform dances simulating sexual conduct in revealing clothing, including at least one scene with partial child nudity," Cruz writes. "These scenes in and of themselves are harmful. And it is likely that the filming of this movie created even more explicit and abusive scenes, and that pedophiles across the world in the future will manipulate and imitate this film in abusive ways."
Except for Cruz's fact-free speculation about scenes that did not make it into the final movie, none of this supports his claim that Cuties qualifies as child pornography, which federal law defines as a "visual depiction" of "sexually explicit conduct" involving people younger than 18. While the definition encompasses "simulated sexual intercourse," that phrase is not broad enough to cover the scenes described by Cruz.
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Sullum is entitled to his opinion.
Of course it exploits children. Don’t kid yourself
To see what all the fuss is about, probably.
Well, there’s a reason he was that annoying.
That’s Max Karson.
This guy:
https://www.denverpost.com/2007/04/18/cu-student-arrested-for-comments/
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If nothing else this film could be seen as grooming the young girls for a life of misery in the sex slave trade. People who idolize and buy or otherwise acquire these type of movies need to be taken out and hanged, IMHO. They are a severe cancer on society.
And zero objectionable footage was needed to tell that story line.
Exploiting girls to highlight exploitation of girls is killing the patient to draw attention to the disease.
And you fell for it.
Perhaps. However I did listen to the film-maker (woman) who made it and she is sincere in trying to bring out the evils of sexualization of children
Anyone can appear sincere about anything. Hell, Ted Bundy was very sincere and convincing, so are many democrats and BLM activists about their belief and desire for “change”.
I learned a long time ago to watch what a person does, not what he says. Results matter. The road to hell... yada yada.
You are correct. I was wrong.
It is a pity though about the film - I sincerely do believe that there is sexualization of children due to the media — all media — with the Disney channels, Nickleodeon telling pre-teens they need to do make-up and look “cool” and the various music videos telling them that they need to be sexy and of course social media pushing them further.
Best is to cut off screens (TV, internet) for pre-teens completely - monitor some kids DVDs. I’ve found that difficult, and trying, but not impossible.
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