• @aeronmelon@lemmy.world
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      184 months 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.

        • @arin@lemmy.world
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          34 months ago

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

        • @Sc00ter@lemm.ee
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          174 months 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
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            24 months 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.

              • @Snowclone@lemmy.world
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                14 months 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.

                • Seeker of Carcosa
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                  14 months 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.

        • Andy
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          54 months 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?’

            • Andy
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              44 months ago

              This got a chuckle outta me.

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

    • Krafty Kactus
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      84 months ago

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

        • TheRealKuni
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          64 months 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
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            44 months 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
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              24 months 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.