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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone explain why it’s somehow cool for Mare’s daughter to have sex with someone in college while she’s in high school and the woman in college is seen as a positive character? Have you ever seen a college aged young man portrayed as anything less than a creep for having sex with a high school aged girl?

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What a bizarre thing to latch on to. Shows us where your priorities are. I think you forget about the age of consent. In many situations it’s lower than 18. [/quote]

I’m pretty sure Siobhan is 18 already. She’s a senior and has already turned in her applications to college. [/quote]
I thought making her gay with the black girl was purely PC. Just an add on for diversity sake. [/quote]

So you're saying that if that subplot had been with a white man you would have seen no issue?  Or that we didn't need an insight into her love life at all?

If it is the former, well you don't understand the world we live in and I'm not sure I can get into that.  If it is the later, I sort of get that, but it is always enriching to a story to see shades about characters.  If it was all about THE MAIN PLOT, that whole series would have been an hour long.  [/quote]

I thought it was boring and such a cliche. She’s beautiful she’s talented and she’s gay too!! And in addition to being gay and creative she has. ….. wait for it …. Gonna be a big surprise…. Black girlfriend ![/quote]

I know this is getting tangential, but I can't help myself.  The fact that you see the fact that she has a black girlfriend as in any way notable or forced or "different" is the exact point of why representation is important.  Do you really think it is that uncommon for a girl in the suburbs of Philadelphia where there are a dozen small colleges to have a black girlfriend?

What if they just did a casting call for the girlfriend character without specifying race at all?  And this actress happened to fit the part?

Media generally does not represent mixed race or same sex relationships at nearly the rate that they exist in the world.  If people keep calling out when they do as "forced" than how does it ever become NOT forced?[/quote]

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