Yeah I get what you're saying and I agree. Youtube a few years ago (thinking 10+) allowed viewers to see the stats of videos - age and gender as well as location, I wonder what Rubys would be? Is it possible to find out?I agree that we would but I think either way it needs to be contextualised. I think it is strange that Ruby doesn’t want to grow up, especially as she’s wealthy enough not to have to worry about most adult responsibilities, and there’s clearly something worrying there. I also think that she and her family are incredibly innocent if they can’t see that Ruby posting the kind of photos she does isn’t going to attract some very questionable people, but again, she’s an adult and her body, her choice. I think she might regret it though as I genuinely think she doesn’t realise that not everyone thinks it’s just sweet and innocent, and I think that plays into her and her family not seeing it as that strange. The reality is we wouldn’t have a problem if Ruby was into cosplay or similar, the problem here is that it clearly goes way beyond ‘dressing up at the weekend’, it’s her way of life.
I do feel though if it was a 20 year old man who acted like a child, dressed like a child, read mostly childrens books and had images of children on his walls he'd be treated a lot differently and would honestly probably be on a watch list. I also feel like the parents would act differently towards a son behaving this way.
Not saying that Ruby is doing this all for the wrong reasons at all, I do truly believe she just doesn't want to grow up it's just interesting to think about the attitudes we'd have based on the persons gender.