You are right. Nick only said "if you were older.." once, and then regretted it as soon as he said it. He should have also blocked the kiss if possible, and if not, pulled away immediately and told her how wrong it was.
However, concerning the thing in the closet, and how he should have "closed his eyes," that is absurd. Have any of you ever seen the movie Under Suspicion with Gene Hackman playing an innocent guy being accused of raping and murdering underage women. Despite his character being innocent, he did go on to call out the detectives (Morgan Freeman) BS about there being something wrong with liking to look at younger people (female and male).
He basically went on to say to the detective (who happens to be a very old friend, by the way, so he knows about the detective who is interrogating him) something like "You're in your 50s, but when you go to the bar to score, you walk out of there with the youngest girl that you can get to leave with you." He said "That is why all of your dates are in their 30s despite you being in their 50s..and if you can get a girl in there 20s, well hey hey, even better. And what about teenage girls? We loved them then, why would now make any difference? Youth is beautiful. Young women look how a beautiful woman should look. Smooth and soft skin but firm...etc."
And after he said it, you could tell Morgan Freeman's character (the detective) knew he was right. Men do like to look at younger women. 16 is the age of legal consent in the UK and quite a few states in America. After that, its 18. And lets be frank, Alicia Silverstone was not 14 when she played that character, and Nick asked her "Are you sure your 14?," to which she replied "Almost 15." He said this because she looked older than 14 (and her character was much older than 14, so there is no debate about that). So, seriously, when you factor all of that in, do you really still think his character was completely out of line or different from any other man when he didn't close his eyes?
Some of you women are scaring me. You want to be able to have the right to dress like sluts, yet you get upset if someone looks at the breasts you purposely tried to make look bigger. You want to be able to wear short short skirts yet you get upset if someone looks at the legs you are purposely showing off. You want to be able to have the freedom of having sex with whom you want at 16 or 18, but if a man looks at a 16 or 18 year old sexually, they can be written off as a sleaze bag.
Why is it that when an older man is with a younger woman, its just the old man who has issues. Why isn't the younger woman, who, unless she is mentally handicapped, understands the difference between the two peoples' ages just as guilty as the man?
I will tell you why. Because women seem to want more double standards than they already have. They don't want to be treated like they are physically weaker than men, but if a woman starts a physical fight with a man and loses, she acts as if the man did something wrong by defending himself and by just being naturally stronger. Women want to be able to decide for themselves whether they have a baby or not, despite the fact that if they do have the baby, regardless of what the father's desires are, he has to pay her child support. And now women seem to want to be sexually promiscuous and flirtatious, however, they do not want to be treated as if they are sexually promiscuous and they want to be able to be outraged if a man randomly flirts with them. They want men to open doors for them and pay the check when they go out to eat. They want guys to help them when it pertains to carrying heavy things, yet they don't want to have to give up any rights despite all the special treatment they seem to want.
Double Standards, double standards, double standards.
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laura-170
13 years ago
I agree with everything you said.
What was Nick supposed to say, really? I would give a crummy answer like, "you're too young" as well. Come on, its ALWAYS flattering when someone likes you - it doesn't matter if your admirer is completely unattractive! Its still flattering and if you are polite, you certainly wouldn't tell them, "Well, if only you were skinny..." or "if only you were prettier..."
Saying "you're too young" to an otherwise "acceptable" admirer is pretty much all you can go on while still remaining polite. Age is something you can't change - its not her "fault." What better way to reject someone while still ensuring they keep their self-esteem?
And talk about double-standards! Every time something like this happens in real life an the adult DOES take advantage of the youth's advances...everyone says, "You should have told them NO because they're too young!"
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Tracey73
9 years ago
AMSmith, I couldn't have said it better! (BTW I am female and admit there is a HUGE double standard when it comes to this (and other situations as well).
The beauty is I'm learning how to face my beast ~ Blue October
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vicky_lc2001-1
9 years ago
What's your definition of a younger woman?
Global Warming, it's a personal decision innit? - Nigel Tufnel
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