When I was 16, the thought of having sex with somebody old enough to be my father really grossed me out and I'm sure once I have kids, I'd be very concerned if my 16 year old started hanging out with a 34 year old. I'd still be concerned even she, or he, turned 18.
That said, I think it was the film's point. It was suppose to be disturbing. Tony was a sleaze.
Also after reading what everyone had to say, sounds like a lot of men posted. No, as a teenage girl I didn not dream of having sex with johnny depp. My crush on him was innocent. I stil find him too old for me. I guess I must have been abnormal since the normal behavior for a teenage girl seems to be to slut herself out for money so naturally being with a 40 year old man is just another day in the life of...
And it wasn't that long ago when I was a teenage girl. And there's a huge difference between 16 and 18 or even 18 and 22. I agree that age is just a number, it's really the space between the numbers and the experiences one has in between those numbers that matter.
In conclusion, I find it disturbing that a 34 year old man would be into a 16 year old. I know it happens but it doesn't cease to disturb me just because some people find it okay. We're all entitled to our opinions I suppose and I think that's what the OP was getting at before people started defending themselves and how it's okay to find 15 year olds attractive because they're having sex anyways. Of course teenage girls have sex and so do teenage boys. But there are boundaries even if those boundaries are not set by numbers.
I just in general find the sexualization of young women in hollywood to be disturbing, but as long as men make films and run studios, that's what we get.
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