Jailbait

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Jailbait ([ ˈdʒeɪlˌbeɪt ], English : Jail = prison , bait = bait ), also jail bait, describes in American slang a young person who looks older than he actually is. There is the risk, through sexual activity with someone under a age of consent ( Engl. : Age of consent ) to commit an offense. The title of the 1977 film Jailbait Babysitter , which is about a 17-year-old girl, and the Jailbait porn series make reference to this word meaning.

On the 1980 released album Ace of Spades by Motorhead a song called is Jailbait contain the sexual desire of a young groupie describes. In his autobiography, Lemmy Kilmister says: “I got hell-bent on several songs by feminists, but for some reason they never said anything about 'Jailbait'. They didn't even mention him, but it was damn obvious. "

In 1982 Aerosmith released a single called Jailbait , which positively addressed sexual intercourse with a minor. In 2000, MTV broadcast a comedy television film of the same title. This is about a 15-year-old girl who was pregnant by an 18-year-old and the prosecutor's charge of the 18-year-old, who demands a maximum sentence of 40 years because she wants to stand out for the election of mayor by being tough. The online community Reddit offered a special sub- forum Jailbait for photos of such young people , which was at times the term with the second most searches on Reddit. The cause of the suicide of Amanda Todd are said to be jailbait photos spread on the Internet. In Berlin there was a jailbait rock event in the roll club.

Further use

Another use of the word in the literal sense refers to victims of sexual abuse in prison. The film Jailbait, which was also shown in German cinemas in 2004, deals with the sexual abuse of a prisoner under the age of 21 by an older cellmate. In 2013, the film was Jail Bait - survival in the women's prison : (AKA Jailbait with) Sara Malakul Lane turned in the lead role, the direct-to-video was released and the harassment of a youth by fellow prisoners and guards in a juvenile prison is. As early as 1954, Ed Wood published his film under pressure from his producers under the sensational title Jail Bait , because it should attract more cinema viewers. The originally planned title was The Hidden Face .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dictionary.com: Dictionary entry
  2. ↑ Random House: Random House Webster's unabridged dictionary . Random House Reference, New York 2001, ISBN 0-375-42605-1 .
  3. ↑ Kate Sutherland: From jailbird to jailbait: age of consent laws and the construction of teenage sexualities . In: William and Mary Journal of Women and the Law . 9, 2003, pp. 313-349. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  4. ↑ Jailbait Babysitter in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  5. ↑ White Line Fever - The Autobiography, Lemmy Kilmister with Janiss Garza, Wilhelm Heine Verlag Munich, complete paperback edition 12/2006, ISBN 978-3-453-67525-4 , page 143
  6. ↑ Kate Sutherland: From Jailbird to Jailbait: Age of Consent Law and the Construction of Teenage Sexualities in: The William & Mary Journal of Women and the Law, Volume 9, 2003, Issue 3, Article 2, pp. 338 f. ISSN  1942-6763
  7. ↑ Trolls: From the Unmasking of a Reddit Troll , Die Zeit , October 19, 2012
  8. ↑ Anonymity Debate: The Suffering of the Unmasked Tensioner , Der Spiegel , October 19, 2012
  9. ↑ Anonymous Tracking Down the Jailbait Pervert Who Destroyed Amanda Todd's Life , Vice , October 16, 2012
  10. ^ Jailbait-Rock n Roll-Club , Berliner Zeitung, December 22, 2001
  11. ↑ Jailbait (2004) in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  12. ^ Movie Review: Jailbait (2004) , The New York Times , August 4, 2006
  13. ↑ Jail Bait - Survival in the Frauenknast on moviepilot.de
  14. ↑ Jailbait (2014) in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  15. ↑ The Life of Edward D. Wood Jr.