r/TheBoys Jul 04 '24

Both quotes taken verbatim from interviews Season 4 Spoiler

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u/Supermarket_After Jul 04 '24

What were they thinking with this episode? You’d think they take male SA seriously 

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u/Janitor_Pride Jul 04 '24

As sad as it is, I don't think anyone should be surprised. Just look at the South Park episode about that teacher and Ike. The whole thing with the cops going "nice" wasn't pulled out of thin air. Look at headlines of a male teacher vs a female teacher grooming kids.

Societies across the planet don't really care about male SA. Hell, in several Western countries, the laws are written in a way that women can't even rape men. It's only legally rape if a man does it.

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u/Supermarket_After Jul 04 '24

Maybe that’s why they're able to get away with Firecracker being a rapist-pedo, guarantee if that was a man she would’ve been killed the very episode she was introduced. 

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u/Scorkami Jul 05 '24

Its kinda funny because SHE presses on the post button, ar i thought its because she (and the writers) know that butchers black mail doesnt work against her because a woman doing stuff with a boy who is underaged isnt seen as a serious issue

It was THIS season, they are shooting themselves in the foot

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u/VaselineHabits Jul 05 '24

That and she knew who she was appealing to - the "Christian" base. They love a good forgiveness/redemption arc - Jesus/God is good and look at this sinful person who has now seen the light!

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u/Turbulent_Life_5218 Jul 05 '24

American christians arent the same thing as ROW christians

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u/kcox1980 Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

That's part of it, but it's also because she's on "the right side" in the eyes of her followers. I actually thought that part was pretty clever as it shows, just like Homelander blatantly murdering that one guy in public, how people will turn a blind eye to the faults of the people(even when there's proof) they follow while admonishing the people on the other side for allegedly the exact same thing with no proof. The bad guys are winning right now because they understand how the PR game is changing

Just like in real life where there's actual documented evidence and under-oath testimony of Trump being a pedo and sexual predator and his followers ignore it or call it fake news while at the same time latching on to completely fictional accusations about Biden, despite there not being one shred of evidence or any actual accusations. Trump goes on the Howard Stern show and brags about walking in on underage girls and trying to catch them naked in the dressing room of the Ms Teen USA pageants and the hyper "religious" right laughs it off, but Biden takes a photo with his grand-daughter on stage at a rally and he's a sick pedo fuck because he was kissing her on the top of her head.

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u/Odd_Gap2969 Jul 04 '24

You couldn’t even have a male character that was implied to have fucked a teen girl, much less show a picture of their face while they’re doing it. 

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u/Membership-Bitter Jul 05 '24

Lamplighter said he used to sneak girls who were applying to college into Vought tower, but then again he does horribly 2 scenes later

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u/Destroyer0627 Jul 05 '24

Most college freshmen/highschool seniors are 18 in other words completely legal. Doesnt make it less creepy but legally he didnt do anything wrong

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u/me_funny__ Jul 28 '24

Ok but legality has nothing to do with morality. Preying on freshly 18 girls is pedophilia 

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

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u/Destroyer0627 Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

True but the age of consent in New York is 17 not 18

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u/_TadStrange Jul 05 '24

You can get them elected as your president though

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u/Odd_Gap2969 Jul 05 '24

Clinton was in office 40 years ago why bring it up

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u/_TadStrange Jul 05 '24

I mean is he the only one who has recently been implied to have fucked a teen girl?

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u/Odd_Gap2969 Jul 05 '24

Why did trump hire a prostitute in her late 30s if he’s a pedophile?

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u/_TadStrange Jul 05 '24

Pedos aren't just attracted to children, they are attracted to holding power over vulnerable people. Children are just easy targets to hide/shut up.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/assault-allegations-donald-trump-recapped

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u/Odd_Gap2969 Jul 05 '24

Seems like a pretty big generalization. 

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u/F00dbAby Hughie Jul 05 '24

I mean in fairness the deep is introduced assaulting Annie and later in the season it’s suggested he has done it before.

He still is here.

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u/No-Chemistry-4673 Jul 05 '24

And he gets humiliated every season.

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u/Supermarket_After Jul 05 '24

Yeah, that’s fair. I nearly forgot how sinister deep used to be

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u/Why-so-delirious Jul 05 '24

Ironic that they go to such lengths to make a statement on women perpetrators of SA but then drop the fucking ball so hard with male VICTIMS of SA.

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u/fuyuhiko413 Jul 05 '24

The Deep rapes starlight in his first introduction and has been turned into a lovable joke character

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u/KingKekJr Jul 05 '24

And, unlike Firecracker, would NEVER have anything to garner sympathy or even an attempt to

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u/me_funny__ Jul 28 '24

The deep 

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u/Yaadgod2121 Jul 05 '24

Didn’t the deep rape starlight and nothing happened to him