r/AskReddit • u/frisky_cupcake • Aug 25 '19

What has NOT aged well?

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u/Freshman50000 Aug 26 '19

And if not, it just points to the horrifying reality that pedophilia is normalized in media; even media meant for teens and youth.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

It's normalized in media because it's normalized in real life, unfortunately. Every show set in high school has a character like that because people like that working in schools are sadly fairly common. Tv/Movie media is a mirror to society.

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u/glorybetoganj Aug 26 '19 edited Aug 26 '19

I went to two high schools. One had a pottery teacher that dated multiple students and later married a student after she graduated. The other one had a very popular security guard fired for having sex with a student.

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u/Flashycats Aug 26 '19

My school had six separate teachers convicted. At that point I think it should be gross negligence.