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So someone thought this was appropriate for little girls...

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ecclesvet · 20/05/2012 15:20

i.imgur.com/sUiH3.png

Apparently a page from a magazine about One Direction, the boyband.

Not sure whether to be Angry or Sad.

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madwomanintheattic · 24/08/2012 21:30

Old thread.

Mumfortoddler · 24/08/2012 21:27

Jeepers, she's a year older than me- hardly a 'grandma' having to cover her 'gray' hairs. What a shallow and rubbish article. There is so much tripe we feed our teenagers in their teen mags this is nothing. We were all reading More! at age 11 learning how to do position of the week. Now that is wrong.

CaptainHetty · 23/08/2012 12:22

That's vile.

kirigamirose · 23/08/2012 12:14

disgusting

HeartsLovesTheDiamondJubilee · 23/05/2012 18:02

Makes me feel sick.

MyelinSheath · 23/05/2012 17:58

What a horrible page. I really hope this is a fake.

teaaddict2012 · 23/05/2012 16:11

it should be Kritiq, its still wrong .

KRITIQ · 23/05/2012 13:13

Agree with teaaddict and all those who spotted that the purpose of the piece is to degrade and demean a specific woman, encourage others to join in and validate the idea that this is an acceptable, nay desirable thing to do.

With the old double standard, I doubt there would even be raised eyebrows about a 17 year old female musician having a 32 year old male boyfriend.

I think the age gap here is just being used as an "excuse" for slating a specific woman.

devilinside · 23/05/2012 11:16

erm, this isn't about the age-gap. It's about a magazine using vile language to put down a woman. A magazine that your daughters could see.

How anyone can think that is acceptable is beyond me

teaaddict2012 · 23/05/2012 10:52

I think the inappropriate relationship and the abuse on the page are 2 separate issues.

maybe the mag could have used that issue as a platform to talk about inappropriate and predatory relationships and that its unacceptable from both genders, you know actually educating children.

rather than that.

lilbreeze · 22/05/2012 14:45

Horrible 'article'. I don't agree with the age gap either (no one in their 30s should be dating a 17-year-old regardless of gender) but it doesn't excuse this.

EduStudent · 21/05/2012 13:29

I agree that the age gap is uncomfortable.

However, that absolutely does not justify this kind of vitriol, particularly in a magazine for children. They are separate issues.

Bue · 21/05/2012 12:40

I don't know... sure a few of the comments are awful, but a relationship between a 32 year old and a 17 year old is really not OK, no matter which person is older. I think she brought this on herself.

LaurieFairyCake · 20/05/2012 22:44

Yes, it's horrible.

I'm not bothered about age gaps once people have reached adulthood but I don't think 17 is adulthood.

So that leaves me with the uncomfortable feeling that someone is just dating someone because they are famous - and when that person is a child I find it exploitative.

So while the article is ghastly I don't really care about CF.

solidgoldbrass · 20/05/2012 22:37

That is spectactularly nasty, but so childishly so that I wonder if it was actually written by a teenager.

ButterPecanMuffin · 20/05/2012 22:20

1directionweb.com/x/topix-media-lab-presents-one-direction-friends/

It's a US magazine, 'One Direction and Friends', due to hit newstands on Tuesday.

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ecclesvet · 20/05/2012 20:30

"Zero engagement rings. Because no-one wants to be with her!"

Do most people have multiple engagement rings then?

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LynetteScavo · 20/05/2012 19:55

Ewww.....do you think it was written by a 15 yo work experience person trying to impress Confused

AuntFini · 20/05/2012 19:51

This is hugely repulsive but I am quite surprised that all of you do think it's appropriate for a 32 year old to date a 17 year old?

ThatGhastlyWoman · 20/05/2012 19:46

Petition- or would that just give them the oxygen of publicity?

minipie · 20/05/2012 19:38

Jesus. I have seen these kind of petty, bitchy comments on internet sites, but the idea that someone actually published them is beyond belief.

Never mind the feminist angle (though there are plenty), this is just bullying pure and simple.

I hope Caroline Flack never sees this, or if she does, can laugh it off for the overblown teenage jealousy it is.

SilentBoob · 20/05/2012 18:52

I was reading that with growing horror at the nastiness of it, but when I got to her date of birth I actually felt a bit winded. She's a year younger than me.

People think like this?

I feel... so sad.

Heyyyho · 20/05/2012 18:45

I wonder who actually wrote that copy

MissFenella · 20/05/2012 17:40

That's just vile.

GeekLove · 20/05/2012 16:47

Once again a chance to undermine any notion of a sisterhood, particuarly amongst teenage girls.
I am up for a complaint letter if there are plans.