It comes as no surprise that the seeds of the ongoing revelations concerning the discovery and apprehension of underage sex networks were planted a long time ago within our popular culture. The sexualization of preteens and teens can be seen in offerings of toys, inappropriate age apparel, Disney programming and popular music for decades. Corporations have long recognized the power of marketing and have been actively pursuing teen discretionary spending for many years.
Our choices of music are particularly powerful in influencing our appetites.
Some examples below:
1965 – The Loving Spoonful
A younger girl keeps a-rollin' 'cross my mind
And should I hang around, acting like her brother
In a few more years, they'd call us right for each other
And why?
If I wait I'll just die, yeah
A younger girl keeps a-rollin' 'cross my mind
No matter how much I try, I can't seem to leave her memory behind
And this...
1974 – Gary Puckett & the Union Gap
Young girl
Get out of my mind
My love for you is way out of line
Better run, girl
You're much too young, girl
Beneath your perfume and make-up
You're just a baby in disguise
And though you know that it's wrong to be
Alone with me
That come on look is in your eyes
So our society reaps the whirlwind.
Thank God for providing us a POTUS that recognizes and combats these satanic influences on our children.
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[–] Gorillion 2 points 3 points 5 points (+5|-2) ago (edited ago)
About what?
18 is the current age of consent where parental consent is no longer needed.
How old are you? Is your grandmother a boomer or pre-war kid? That would factor highly into whether her father had to consent to her marriage at 16.
What point are you trying to make with your post? Where is consent to marriage even mentioned in OP's post? He clearly points to "pre-teens & teens" which is not what you say when you're talking about girls of "16". In the hippy scene 16 was basically considered an old hag. And "younger girls" they were singing about were not for marriage anyway, but for fucking. That's clearly what all that shit was about. (FFS "The Loving Spoonful" is a euphemism for ejaculate - "love" in hippy parlance = fucking, not romantic love)
You're on drugs if you think there hasn't been aggressive sexualisation of preteens and teens since the 60s, leading into the same with children.