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so throughout the whole movie im confused did the stepdad molest lindsay lohan's character or did she seduce him????? i wanna know! its confusing

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If you look up information on child molesters you will see that they tend to blame their victims. This is all part of their distorted value system in which they excuse their behavior by saying its the fault of the victim. Often times the Molestor also accuses the victim of multiple problems including that they are promiscous, involved in drugs or alchohol, disruptive at home or school and/or is a known liar. All of the qualities that Arnold accuses Rachel of having. Although when watching the movie Rachel shows none of those qualities. In fact she only lies once because she wants her mom to be happy. You never see her drinking, stealing or doing drugs as Arnold accused her of doing. The one time in the boat when she invites Harlan to touch her, you see that it does in fact upset her. She turns it around and desides to do something to him to stop it. This way she feels like she gains back a measure of control in her life. Same thing when she goes to Arnold's hotel room. She is seductive. Therefor in control, she feels less the victim. And since Arnold is only interested in molesting the victim, he is not interested in her at this time. This I believe is her intent. When she tells Simon she was molested you see the hurt and resentment in her voice and expressions. She loved Arnold as a father and he betrayed her trust. So the answer is no Rachel did not seduce him. Arnold molested her.

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i really like what you are saying and i second every word of it :)

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I agree with you, but... She is a liar. "I walked the whole way."

I think her step-father made her that way... Just like Simon said.

Great post BTW.

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She stated the first time she had sex with her step-father was when she was 12 and ended when she was 14. She was a child. A child CANNOT seduce an adult. EVER.

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okay thanks for the thoughts guys!

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of course he molested her. 12 year old girls are not in control of 40 year old men no matter what some crazy perverts may say. they tell themselves they are seduced. from Nabakov's Lolita to this strange movie, when a grown man has sex with a 12 year old it is RAPE - it is molestation. Both by legal and by moral definition.

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I definitely see from the film that she really was molestered. Child molesters do a thing called grooming where they win the childs trust and love and affection to the point where the child doesn't even realise what's happening is wrong.

At the end of the film, he admits they had sex by saying she seduced him. Even if she had, he is still scum for sleeping with her and should be held entirely responsible!

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He says she seduced him (which is the defense of most rapists), maybe she tried to act like an adult, but what 12-year-old girl doesn't try to act like she's at least 15? I remember being 12 (altho my body was that of an older girl) and I remember trying to act like I was older and more sexually experienced, which I wasn't. And I remember flirting with boys, and trying to act sexy and wearing makeup.

So maybe she did act a bit sexy around him, but that does NOT at all justfiy what he did. I don't remember where I heard this, but someone once said "just because a girl can ACT like she's a woman, doesn't mean she's ready to do the things a woman does". It's not verbatim, but something along those lines.

So even if Rachel acted like she wanted something more (which I doubt), Arnold should NOT have abused of the love and trust she had for him.

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molest and raped her

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He molested her.

Saying that she seduced him was either his way of justifying to himself, and others, what he did to her or it was what he truly believed.

I saw a drama (based on a true story) about a man who molested a six year old girl. He said that she put her hand onto his and 'she knew what she was doing. They always know.'
Chilling stuff.


She's so dull, c'mon rip her to shreds...

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A 12 year old can't seduce a man, they just can't. When I was 12 I was still wearing t-shirts with unicorns and glitter on them!
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