Whale Rider's 16-year-old actress pregnant with first child!!

[KhaoticKharma]

^^I think most 16 year olds are having sex, its normal.

As a sophomore in high school, it is rampant, but not as rampant as you would think, at least at my school. That's probably because we're all waaay too concerned with our reputations, and gossip spreads like wildfire. One of the smartest, most popular girls at our school had sex with her boyfriend over Spring Break last year and we all knew about it three days after vacation.

 

[*Happiness*]

she's 16 he's 19....is there something wrong here??????

 

[ckashie]

^

Why do people keep refusing to notice the fact that it has been posted about a THOUSAND times that the legal age of consent in New Zealand is SIXTEEN!

Seriously, it's been pointed out just about every two posts! You people are not being as smart as you think you are by not reading the thread and hastily/smugly saying "OMGZ BUT THATS LYK ILLIGEL"




Rant over. Even if she doesn't pursue acting, she's already achieved a breathtaking Oscar-nominated performance that will be remembered by people- what actors who have been in the business for 10,20,30 years can't manage to do!

 

[kissmesweet]

^^ She was amazing in Whale Rider.

 

[misssakura]

It's not legal to have sex at 14 or 15 though which is when she started most likely. Eh..i'm so over this. She wants to potentially have a harder life than needs be, so be it.

 

[eternitygoddess]

Why do people keep refusing to notice the fact that it has been posted about a THOUSAND times that the legal age of consent in New Zealand is SIXTEEN!

Not everything that's written as law is correct. The bill of rights says that people have the right to bear arms, but many want that law abolished.

 

[misssakura]

I had sex too young I think....it ruined it for me, can't do it anymore, I think a lot of people aren't emotionally mature enough at 15 or 16 to understand hw to cope with those sorts of feelings.

 

[Ollie]

I'm from New Zealand and it seems to be more of a scandal overseas than it is here. She has been going out with the father for three years and they are both really happy to be having it (but i guess they have to say that). But is it just me that finds it funny her last role was playing the Virgin Mary?

 

[Ollie]

and just an add on to your stupid debate over the age of consent the age of consent is 16, but if you the girl is over 14 and the male is under 16 it is not considered stagatory r*pe. Get over it people, everyone i know had sex before 16, probably not a very good argument to raise right now but we are not a nation of whores, some other people have very prudish views.

 

[mustard]

Terribly ethnocentric and misinformed remark. Ethnocentric because there are many too many societies with diverging set of values and taboo to say thing as 'we don't whatever'. And misinformed because, in the UK, the legal age to get married without mummy and daddy's permission (and by implication to have sex and babies) is 16. So not only it is acceptable , but it's legal in your own country.Classed is the exact world. These categories are just that and do not reflect individual experience and outlooks. I think the remark was perfectly relevant because it shows that teenagewood, and indeed childhood are modern concepts. Hundred of millions of 16 years old (and much younger) women have done a great job being mothers through the centuries, and most of the time in unbelievably precarious conditions. Many 16 y.o. people are irresponsible because they were brought that way. I nor you know nothing about her values, upbringing, and maturity level. I agree with you here and I'll add that although I am pro-choice, I certainly admire her for not aborting. I am 21 and would be terrified to be a mom. She does have some serious guts.

fair play!!

 

[pandinha]

The WHALE RIDER is having a baby? But she was a kid just yesterday, talking about the whale hair thing at the Oscars. Very brave, though.

 

[sexydaydreamer]

^^I think most 16 year olds are having sex, its normal.

It shouldn't be "normal." As a 15 year old, I believe that people should *wait* until they are older and financially stable to have kids, when they are physically, emotionally, and mentally mature enough to have a kid. But then again, who am I to judge? Not my kid, not my problem. I do, however, respect the fact that Ms. Keyshia didn't have an abortion. I'm pro choice, but the idea of teenagers getting abortions just to get the "easy" way out disgusts me.

The girl is 16. I've seen girls 11 and under having kids all the time on the Maury Show. She's financially stable and a supporting family, she'll be fine. But I'm not sure if her career will.

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[Anastasia]

It shouldn't be "normal." As a 15 year old, I believe that people should *wait* until they are older and financially stable to have kids, when they are physically, emotionally, and mentally mature enough to have a kid. But then again, who am I to judge? Not my kid, not my problem. I do, however, respect the fact that Ms. Keyshia didn't have an abortion. I'm pro choice, but the idea of teenagers getting abortions just to get the "easy" way out disgusts me.

The girl is 16. I've seen girls 11 and under having kids all the time on the Maury Show. She's financially stable and a supporting family, she'll be fine. But I'm not sure if her career will.


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Karma for being such a wise young lady

 

[Uchina]

I'm glad that the baby daddy is older than her - that at least means that there'll be ONE adult in the household!

And come on guys, he's only 3 years older than her. When I was 16, my man was 18. And when I was 14... nvm, that was a mistake.

 

[eternitygoddess]

^A 19 year old as an adult. What a joke.

 

[Diorling]

I could've sworn I already said this.

SHES A MORON AND A LOSER FOR HAVING A CHILD AT 16!! I couldnt care less if she fcuked everyone. But she's still a loser for having a kid so young.

 

[M0radkhan]

How stupid of her to have a child, at the age of 16.
I mean, she's so young. She's still a teenager.

 

[Whitelinen]

It shouldn't be "normal." As a 15 year old, I believe that people should *wait* until they are older and financially stable to have kids, when they are physically, emotionally, and mentally mature enough to have a kid. But then again, who am I to judge? Not my kid, not my problem. I do, however, respect the fact that Ms. Keyshia didn't have an abortion. I'm pro choice, but the idea of teenagers getting abortions just to get the "easy" way out disgusts me.

The girl is 16. I've seen girls 11 and under having kids all the time on the Maury Show. She's financially stable and a supporting family, she'll be fine. But I'm not sure if her career will.


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You are right, but what does this have to do with teenagers having sex? Of course, that can lead to such a stupid thing as a teen pregnancy, but then should only people who are ready to have a child have sex? A lot of people in their twenties and thirties don't feel like they would be ready to raise a kid, but should they not have sex? People who do an abortion are not ready have sex?

 

[eternitygoddess]

^It's called BIRTH CONTROL and CONDOMS.

And some people are just still to clueless to use them.

 

[Whitelinen]

^It's called BIRTH CONTROL and CONDOMS.

And some people are just still to clueless to use them.

I know, but let's say a 32-year-old woman wants to do an abortion. Was she too immature to have sex?