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[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 month ago

Isn't Ariel 16 in the movie?

[-] ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works 62 points 1 month ago

I don't think he's ever declared having a minimum age, only a maximum, make of that what you will.. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

googles the character

Yup, she was 16 in the first movie.

Also she stayed married to Prince Eric and had a kid? I… didn’t need to know that.

[-] phx@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 month ago

Honestly, go back in time a bit and this was pretty darn normal.

[-] arin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Current time they still marry preteens in Muslim religions as long as she had her period

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago

I read a conspiracy theory that Disney movies were designed to teach girls that marrying older men while you're a child is normal.

[-] Sc00ter@lemm.ee 17 points 1 month ago

I mean, back when, it wasnt uncommon to be marrying young. Cinderella came out in 1950, a time where women didnt go to college, and it wasnt uncommon to be married right after high school to someone who could provide for you, would could easily be 22. Thats for everyday people. I imagine being royalty, where you didnt really have to go to high school or college, shakes those ages up even more

I wouldnt go as far as to call it a conspiracy theory because that wasnt out of the ordinary at the time

[-] Snowclone@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Not that normal. In Romeo and Juliette her parents tell Paris that while they agree to the betrothal they won't let them marry immediately until she's ''a few seasons older'' but also, the plays were for everyday people, and aristocrat's were the only people marrying so young, and Paris is this big good get for the family to have ties to, so it makes sense he doesn't see a problem but her parents do.

[-] WilloftheWest@feddit.uk 6 points 1 month ago

Romeo and Juliet were 13 though.

[-] Snowclone@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, let me walk you through it. JULIETTE has parents. In the play. Those parents that are her parents. THOSE parents, Juliette's parents, THEY say that she's TOO YOUNG to get married. Her parents. They say that. They say she's too young at 13 to get married. What they mean by saying this, about Juliette, their daughter, is that she's only 13 and shouldn't be married, because she's TOO young. Her AGE. It's too small for marriage. They say this in the play. Juliette's parents. It's a subtle nod to the people watching the play, so they can get the idea that the parents of Juliette think that she isn't old enough to be married. At her age in the play.

[-] WilloftheWest@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago

I’m a mathematician so I’ll give you a free lesson: 13 is less than 16. So in a thread discussing Disney and the historic attitudes of people towards a 16 year old marrying, saying that it was inappropriate for a 13 year old in a Shakespeare play is immaterial to the discussion.

[-] Snowclone@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

9Yeah those 3 years really demonstrate how the myth of ''they married young in the past'' can't possibly be a myth.

Average marrying age in 1950 was 20. Well after high school, and there's plenty of scandals documented of middle aged or old men marrying teens that drew responses of shock and moral outrage.

Most scholarship on this said the mid 20s is when views in the US shifted to viewing teenagers marrying as morally wrong.

[-] WilloftheWest@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yeah those 3 years really demonstrate how the myth of “they married young in the past” can’t possibly be a myth.

When talking about a lower bound on something, the only information one can directly infer from the statement “13 is too low” is “any number below 13 is also too low.” If you’re arguing that “13 is too low” implies “16 is too low” then ditto 19, 22, 25. It’s an absurd argument.

[-] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 month ago

A conspiracy among whom?

Who were the folks in a dark room saying, 'Listen boys: we're here to uphold outdated gender norms. But to work, it's all gotta be hush-hush, capiche?'

[-] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago
[-] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago

This got a chuckle outta me.

But it do be true that Big Old runs the world.

[-] PlainSimpleGarak@lemmings.world 18 points 1 month ago

"I love those 25 year olds. I get older, they stay the same age."

[-] atro_city@fedia.io 12 points 1 month ago
[-] Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 55 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Leo dumps girls as soon as they turn 26. It's a thing. It's weird. So, we make fun of it.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 points 1 month ago

Would it be weirder if he only dated women after they were 62? 🤔

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 month ago

Considering his age it would now be much more acceptable

[-] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

searches

He's 50. Definitely.

[-] Didros@beehaw.org 1 points 4 weeks ago

Yes, assuming he started the trend at the same age.

[-] Wanderer@lemm.ee -2 points 4 weeks ago

Leo is Leo. He can do what others wish they could do.

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[-] madthumbs@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Didn't she let him die in the ocean though?

[-] Lightfire228@pawb.social 6 points 1 month ago

c/outOfTheLoop

Did he break up with someone recently?

[-] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 month ago

He has an agreement with every girl he dates that they will break up when the girl turns 26.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 6 points 1 month ago

I don't know how explicit the agreement is but the next one certainly can't say she's unaware of the system.

[-] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I think he said in an interview somewhere he has no desire to or intention of settling down and starting a family. And he has this idea that women will start to want to do that in their mid-to-late 20s, so he makes it clear to the women he dates that it won’t last. They get to live his lifestyle and whatnot for a few years, then he moves on. He claims to be pretty upfront about it.

The older he gets the creepier it gets, but I suppose if everyone is informed and consenting it isn’t ethically wrong.

[-] blackris@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 weeks ago

What is wrong with this guy? I mean, does he think, he is so super special or does he really think, all woman are so controlled by their hormones, that they cannot stop themselves from having a family with kids?

[-] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

I think it’s probably more the former. He’s wealthy and has spent his life being absurdly attractive, I figure he is able to rotate through young beautiful impressionable companions, so he does.

[-] MBM@lemmings.world 5 points 1 month ago

Hey now, that's last year's DiCaprio. His current girlfriend is 26!

[-] lemmy_get_my_coat@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

She'd better watch out

[-] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

HAHA LEO DATE YOUNG CHICK AGAIN

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