I Am Shauna Rae

[Midlifemusings]

Has anyone seen this reality tv show on TLCuk or TLC?

It follows a 22 year old who due to cancer / pituitary tumor has stunted growth and looks and sounds exactly like an 8 year old. She weighs 23 kgs and is under 4 ft. The show is about her efforts to intergrate into mainstream adult life and dating, going to bars etc.

However for a guy to be attracted to her, he would need to be physically attracted to prepubescent children as that is exactly how she looks. There is no indication from her look that she might be older with a disabiity. I don't know how to think about this. She does touch on it and how obviously she attracts a lot of pedophiles but what non pedophile is going to be physically attracted to someone who looks 8?

I feel for her obviously but I don't know what the answer is. Unless she tells someone, they don't know she is an adult. If she was coupled up and the guy showed affection in public, there would be nonstop calls or people attacking him for abusing a child. I have no idea how a guy could navigate this situation.

I started watching this but gave up after a good few episodes.

I do feel for Shauna Rae but she did tend to sometimes treat her siblings harshly. I know she's probably envious of them but it's not their fault either.

She wants to be treated like an adult but often 'played up'.

It just randomly popped up in my youtube recommendations. I watched a few clips but yes, she seems to act quite immaturely as well.

I did track down her instagram and in some pictures she has tattoos, make-up on, dyed hair, more adult hairstyle, and more adult looking clothes and that all makes a big difference in how she comes across compared to how she is dressed and her hair in the youtube clips. On her instagram, she looks more like a small adult vs youtube where she really looks like a child. Really unfortunate if they tried to make her more childlike for the reality tv series, it makes it really creepy.

You do see her getting tattoos etc in the tv series.