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[–] 61 points 2 days ago (1 child)

The original age would be even worse for this comic

The magic mirror always tells the queen that she is the fairest. The Queen is always pleased with that response because the magic mirror never lies. When Snow White is seven years old, her fairness surpasses that of her stepmother. When the Queen again asks her magic mirror the same question, it tells her that Snow White is the fairest.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 days ago (3 children)

    The key word is fairest. Of course, since the original featured a child not a teenager the mirror would be factually a pedophile - that is, if fairest means something on the line of "hottest".

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  • [–] 37 points 2 days ago (3 children)

    "Fair" is more "beautiful" than "hot"

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  • [–] 5 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    the original "schΓΆnste" could be either translated to most beautiful or nicest (looking nicest [most nice?!]). but in the context of the time the modern "hottest" wouldn't be to far fetched.

    anyway, nowadays teens mature faster. so a 14 yo at that time could easily look like a 12 yo nowadays. but the sensitivities at the time were vastly different. good that we didn't life then.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    nowadays teens mature faster.

    Thats not exactly true. The mean pubertal age has always persisted around 12-13, the only time that age has increased is during the industrial revolution causing a delayed sexual maturity.

    Also, people can look way younger or even way older than they really are - past sexual maturity, the persons looks change dramatically.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago

    when i wrote that i was thinking about a particular study, which was finding a correlation between food supply/shortages and onset of voice break. but for the love of God, i can't find it now. so possible that i just hallucinated it ;)

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    first period earlier on average than they did in the 1950s and '60s

    That is a extremely narrow scope, quite possibly interfering with heavy industrialization as stated before. The historical data therein are not really discussed; but in such narrow scope it is true that the age of menarche has gone down - its just that there is more to it.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 days ago

    'Fair' used to mean 'pale'. Snow White is called Snow White because of how pale she is.

    Of course under White supremacy, there's a reason being fair/pale came to mean 'pretty-faced'. But it's why a child can be 'fair'.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    I wouldn't confuse "fair" with "hot." Words like "pretty" don't have to imply sexual attraction. I can see a five year old girl wearing an adorable dress and complement her, calling her pretty. That doesn't mean I'm a pedophile. I call my cats beautiful, but that doesn't mean I'm into bestiality. The sunset can be beautiful or pretty, but I don't want to fuck the Sun.

    I would see this as simply asking the mirror who the prettiest girl or woman in the kingdom is. Remember, the Queen isn't trying to get a date. She's trying to seek out and eliminate potential future romantic rivals. She's an aging woman jealous at the beauty of youth.

    She's essentially asking, "who in the kingdom has the greatest natural beauty?" If they're a child, that beauty would be reflected as the simple innocent cuteness of an adorable young child. If they're an adult, that beauty would be reflected as actual sexual attractiveness. She's trying to take Snow White out while she's still a child, before she grows up and her natural beauty shifts from childhood prettiness to the sexual attractiveness of an adult.

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