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[-] yesman@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago

Everybody gets the Jenny hate wrong. She deserves hate, but the incel obsession with simping and baby traps has the whole thing twisted.

The main thrust of the plot is that Forrest is an unreliable narrator. Almost every joke is how he misunderstands the situation. Now think about the most famous "run Forrest run" scene. Have you ever wondered why the bullies didn't pick on Jenny? We know they didn't because Forrest would have defended her. What probably happened was that Jenny switched sides upon the arrival of the bullies and "run Forrest run" was a taunt as she threw rocks.

Jenny putting Forrest in sexual situations probably didn't start when they were College age either. Jenny's upbringing was tragic, and we know the abused are likely to abuse others. If you think about Jenny's early years, Forrest was probably the only thing in her life she had control over.

The idea that Jenny baby-trapped Forrest doesn't make sense with the themes of their relationship overall. Why would she trick him? Forrest would have taken the kid even if he knew he wasn't the father. Jenny's biggest transgression is not telling Forrest he was a father, but keeping that information from him for years.

[-] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The sexually abused are NOT more likely to abuse others. They are no more likely to abuse than anyone randomly plucked from the population. A sexual abuser likely having been sexually abused in the past does not mean the same thing.

https://www.stopitnow.org/faq/will-children-who-get-sexually-abused-become-sexually-abusive-as-teens-or-adults

You ARE more like to physically abuse others if you grew up with regular physical abuse as your normal though. Even then, it's only statistically significant with men and the poor when you dig into thr data.

https://www.nichd.nih.gov/newsroom/releases/042115-podcast-child-abuse

People abused as children are more likely to be abused as adults.

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/articles/peoplewhowereabusedaschildrenaremorelikelytobeabusedasanadult/2017-09-27

https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-016-1071-7

[-] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 11 points 10 months ago

This right here is why I enjoy Lemmy. Come for the shitposts, stay for the quality analysis.

[-] CaptKoala@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

I came for the analysis, I stay for the Fuck spez.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 10 months ago

This is a much darker reading of the film than I'd encountered.

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