People think he's this very attractive man; I don't really see it. Not my cup of tea. Admittedly, he does have a good smile, though. If I put aside the fact that I vehemently disagree with just about everything he says and is grossly unqualified to be president, he comes off (usually) as a likeable man---and a family man, which is huge for a lot of women. If it wasn't for that, there wouldn't be a single thing about him I liked. I don't get pervy/creeper/indecent vibes from him.
If I saw his picture without knowing what he did, he'd look a bit pervy to me. Certainly not a guy I'd give a second thought about. I really can't pinpoint what exactly it is that gives off those vibes, just that I can pick up on them. But because my opinion of him is skewed by the fact he is a raging jihadist murderer, all I get when I look at him is "Ew, ew ew, oh God, take it away!"
Effing monster; I hate looking at his picture. As a female, I get an intense creeper vibe from him---hmm, wonder why?
The whole car insurance analogy falls apart on just one point: You have to buy car insurance to protect the other drivers. Health insurance is about you. I'm surprised this point wasn't included in this article.
I doubt it has much to do with age but rather taste and proper appreciation. I'm in my early-20s and Hitch is easily my favorite director, a preference which is shared by several of my friends. The film studies department at my university, for example, has a class specifically on Hitchcock that fills up within minutes every semester. It's my peers who've never sat down and watched a Hitchcock film who dump all over him. That leads me to believe that Mr. Shapiro has never actually seen a Hitchcock film and is just spouting an opinion made by a buddy. The fact he saw "Notorious" and "Rebecca" as the "same film" only solidifies this belief. That is one of the most inaccurate and off-base assessments I've EVER HEARD.
My favorite Robin Hood adaptation so far is probably the Disney one, funnily enough. There's some good laughs in there (Prince John is hilarious!), and they actually stay faithful to the excessive taxation storyline rather than Robin Hood being some wealth redistributer. There are other adaptations out there that conveniently ignore that little point...
Thank goodness I have my Jane Austen adaptations to keep me satisfied; usually just a look between the leading couple is far more emotionally impactful and meaningful than any sex scene I've seen in a film.
Gorgeous woman, but man, she became a nutcase. Sad story.
I don't necessarily see it as "bad and evil," but more irresponsible and emotionally risky. I know myself well enough to realize that I am far too private a person to have sex with someone I wasn't DEEPLY committed to (ie., married to). I put a lot of stock in human emotions, the value of relationships, and classiness, things that I believe have been cheapened in recent decades. The idea that I would one day have to explain to my husband that several other men had that kind of knowledge of me feels so wrong. I'm not looking for a long series of "LTRs", I'm looking for one lifelong marriage, and the decisions I make now will affect that.
And to counter, "I always recoil at the thought" of a 14-year-old being sexually active.
How does abstinence not work? I'm 20-years-old and attending a co-ed university, where people profess it to be "so hard" to stay away from sex. Please. I'm abstaining until marriage, and I have zero desire to stray from that. Haven't gotten pregnant, so abstinence worked there. But those STDs have been such a bother.../sarc
This decision wasn't forced upon me by others, and even though I'm a Christian, that wasn't my main motivation. It was my own personal choice. All it takes is an ounce of self-control, a moral compass, and some self-respect. Are there any moral standards out there anymore? Or is the left going to just continue applauding the fact that they've "liberated" all those horny teenagers from all that pesky responsibility?