Do You Think Juno Glamorized Teen Pregnancy ? Even Though She Gave It Up?
Saturday, January 30th, 2010 at
7:42 am
It’s not like she lost her friends, family, boyfriend, etc. She didnt deal with acne or horrible morning sickness or stretch marks or swelling.
I dont agree with the argument that it was a positive influence on people because she gave the baby up for adoption. I think it totally made getting pregnant look good to teens
but what do you all think
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I think the movie shows that mistakes happen and here is a way to deal with it responsibly. It in no way GLAMORIZED teen pregnancy. It showed her throwing up, getting stared at in the halls of school, getting judged by strangers (the u/s tech).
I fail to see in any way how the movie makes getting pregnant look good to teens. Especially when they see her bawling after the birth. That is a heartache few of us could manage, it takes a very strong woman to be able to give a child up for adoption.
wow this is a great question I starred it:)
it’s interesting you ask bc I always kind of thought that too. Though I liked and enjoyed the movie, it was actually in my opinion very unrealistic of teen pregnancy and pregnancy in general. For one, circumstantially, her father/step-mother were TOO laid-back about it. They didn’t once express anger or disappointment toward her, and when they made comments behind her back about her being irresponsible, it was just in a casual manner.
Also, she seemed to just breeze through the whole pregnancy with no real physical problems, no vomiting, no ankle swelling, nothing. Now that said, I know it’s just a movie, and some women/girls do have esp. easy pregnancies, and it’s true some teen girls may handle it physically better bc theyre so young, still, it would’ve been nice to see a more unpleasant, realistic depiction of a teenage pregnancy.
I think a better example of teen pregnancy would be that old 80s movie with Molly Ringwald: “Playing For keeps” she actually did have the unattractive side effects of preganncy, such as foot swelling.
So to answer your main question, in short, yes it did sort of “glamorize” it bc it made her pregnancy so easy and with no unattractive side effects as she never once complained about any other discomforts, aside from being bigger. (she said “I’m a planet” lol).
You don’t have to show an extreme case of a negative pregnancy experience with every possible bad side effect like acne, swelling, morning sickness, stretch marks – because not all girls/women end up experiencing all of those things. Not all girls lose their family, friends, or boyfriend. So why show a largely fictitious, negative stereotype as an effort to “scare” girls away from teen pregnancy? The movie did not glamorize pregnancy, IMO. It showed a rather reasonable portrayal, albeit within the context of a fiction comedy film which was meant to be viewed for entertainment purposes, not as a means to guide one’s life by.
I think if there’s concern about the impact that a film like this has on a teen girl and her opinions about pregnancy, then that just reinforces the need of parents to monitor what their children watch, to discuss the issues relating to sexuality, relationships, pregnancy, etc., and make sure that as parents, you are instilling values in your child that no movie will sway them away from.
I honestly think that Juno was a very superficial movie. It was not made to deal with the bad part of teen pregnancy, nor should it have been. Not all teen pregnancies are devastating occurrences. I think that if they had spent more time on character development they would have had to deal with the nasty aspects of teen pregnancy, which would have made the movie different then was intended.
I also feel that unintentionally they made a bid for the pro life movement, which is not in itself a bad thing, the extremists make it so.
I agree with you completely. Sad part was, she had sex and didn’t take care of the child.. and I should have never gone to see it when I was pregnant. To me it tells young teens its ok to have unprotected sex because you can always give the child up, and not take responsibility for the actions. I actually will probably never watch that movie again, it was a waste of 17 dollars to go see, it didn’t show all the ups and downs of being pregnant.. just showed a teen who didn’t care. I was 17 when I got pregnant with my first, I am now married to his father and pregnant with my 2nd one.. I took full responsibility for my actions.. and I think I made a great choice.
YES I totally agree. My sis got me the movie and I still haven’t seen it. I just dont know what the big deal was about that movie. And I do feel that girls are gonna think its not that big of a deal to just get pregnant and give it up. They should have shown what a MOTHER goes through to have it, and raise it, and deal with all the dirty diapers, potty training, tantrums, money especially with the way Economy is going. So, being a Teen, what sort of career do you have to fall back on to raise a child. They still have all their teens to realize what they need to do in life, and who they are. Don’t get me wrong, a CHILD is beautiful BLESSING, but it does def. change your life, and the women I feel should be ready, or learn to change and accept the changes as she is growing with her child. SO, yes, again to answer you question!
EDIT: Okay, so all the teens reading this just gave me a thumbs down..
I think it was a cute Movie, I see where your coming from,but I don’t think it’s gonna change anything in this world. In the Movie it did show how people where making fun of her. I think it probably was a good movie for the teens who are already pregnant. I had my first at 17 and now I’m 23, Married(to the same man),have 3 kids and work full time. So I feel that age is just a number,the movie wasn’t promoting teen pregnancy,it was showing how it is and what some people go through when trying to adopt a child I liked the Movie Juno.
/it definitly glamorized it. especially the two second delivery scene. And it defintily didnt capture how truly hard it is to actually have a baby and give it up for adoption. Im confused as to why people would say its a postive influence. the girl had sex cuz she was bored. And what about the dad…. showed how interested he was…. he says after this is over can we get back together? instead of actually being around and being a dad!!!
I don’t think its just Juno its also celebraties like Angelina and Jamie Lynn Spears etc. People think pregnancy is beautiful. Which I totally agree with and am happy that they put emphasis on woman having families becuase for a while it seemed like a career breaker, but I think teens see this as something they want to become without realizing the reality of having a baby.
I dont think it glamorized it. She had to deal with some hard choices and made the best out of it, plus it was very hard for her to give it up at the end. Also, being a comedy movie, it had to be funny and wity. If it was just about teen problems then it would have been more of a drama.
I think that Carrie Underwood song American Girl – does also Or the movie Knocked Up, where it all works out for the unwed mom. Granted that character was older, but its a movie teens would typically watch.
As for Juno, Id say, not as much.
well i didn’t deal with acne or stretchmarks either and she did have morning sickness in the film…I think your missing the point…I think that she showed good judgement and was responsible by giving her child up. I loved the movie…I don’t base real life events on movies tho…that’s why it’s hollywood…:)
I guess I’m not a teen girl, but I would think that if a girl decided to get pregnant after watching a movie, there are some deeper problems in there. Like a person said before me, its a movie.
No, I don’t think so. I don’t know why people keep blaming that movie If anything it should detour teenagers from wanting to get pregnant.
no i do not think it did… she did lose touch with people during the course of the film and i think it showed the hard decision to give p your child… I am not sure why it would make getting pregnant look good to teens??
I don’t think people should be dumb enough to model their lives after a movie. It’s sad that people can be so affected by fictional pieces of work meant for entertainment.
I think a spoiler alert would have been nice.
Other than that, I don’t think any movie glamorizes teen pregnancy. There is nothing glamorous about it to even build on.
i think it’s a movie, and they wouldn’t go into great detail like that anyways. I enjoyed it though.
i don’t see why its any of your concern.