Splitting heirs

[sacramentalist]

What is the message to adopted people when everyone clarifies Dylan Farrow was an "adopted" daughter? Are they pointing out the contrast to Soon-Yi Previn, the step-daughter the man groomed and married? Or are they minimizing his role as a goddamned parent? Well, it wasn't "rape" rape. And she wasn't his "daughter" daughter.

Comments

[revdj.livejournal.com]

Soon-Yi wasn't his step-daughter.

[sacramentalist.livejournal.com]

Whatever. She was the daughter of his partner of many years, even if they didn't live in the same house, or have sexual congress for 10 years.

[eyelid.livejournal.com]

the legalities don't really matter as much as the reality of the situation/power disparity.

[sacramentalist.livejournal.com]

Yeah! Splitting heirs.

[revdj.livejournal.com]

I get it. But the original post is about words - about how (as I interpreted it - sacramentalist will correct me if I'm wrong) "rape" is rape. And how when people point out that Dylan was an "adopted" daughter they are minimizing the fact that she is his daughter. So I was correcting misinformation, which I thought was relevant to the post.

If the post was just talking about Woody Allen's behavior, I wouldn't have said anything.

[sacramentalist.livejournal.com]

No. I appreciate your comment. My whatever was dismissive, I admit. I originally thought you were dismissing the situation even more, but you were clarifying the relationship of Soon-Yi in my post. Which means there's no reason to qualify Dylan is an "adoptive" daughter, anyway.. So I guess he didn't bid for custody or access.