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It's also implied that she engages in statutory rape.

She's unaware of Josh's real age though, so I don't know the legal or moral implications.

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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 38 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Moral implications don't exist for her. She saw a fully adult male.

Legal implications don't exist, because no law on the books takes into account the concept of a child inhabiting an adults body.

Josh on the other hand......

[–] criitz@reddthat.com 22 points 6 hours ago

Josh is a child and bears no responsibility for any sexual encounters

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Solid assessment.

I think the closest legal grounds we have would be when an adult that has the mental capacity of a child is the victim. Of course this isn't the same scenario, and all tangible evidence is lost when Josh returned to his normal body.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 7 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Any questionable acts would happen after the movie's end. My thoughts have always been what the effects were to Susan once she saw he was telling the truth. We don't even really get that short of the look of amazement, and maybe shock on her face.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 5 points 4 hours ago

I'd imagine she would be the one feeling violated here.

[–] miseducator@lemmy.world 20 points 6 hours ago (4 children)

At least he appears to be a grown ass man, unlike the Disney film Blank Check.

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 hours ago

She was a fed too wasn't she?

[–] nyahlathotep@sh.itjust.works 10 points 6 hours ago

immediately what I thought of when I read this post. Even when I was 10 I was like "this is weird..."

[–] thagoat@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 5 hours ago

Jfc. Gross.

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 6 hours ago