CNN —America loves to punish a “bad mother” — and there is a long history of using prominent celebrities as cautionary figures of abominable motherhood.
So when news broke that 34-year-old musician Joe Jonas filed for divorce from 27-year-old actor Sophie Turner, it wasn’t surprising that the media narrative was that Turner wanted to go out at night while Jonas wanted to parent.
Gossip sites like TMZ and Page Six framed their “different lifestyles” — Turner as a party girl and Jonas as a “homebody” trying to look out for his daughters.
In the past, efforts to paint women as bad mothers during a divorce would have worked.
But that’s not what is happening with the Jonas and Turner situation so far.
Persons:
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Organizations:
Guardian, Salon, NBC, Los Angeles, Daily, CNN, CNN —, TMZ, England, Elle UK, Twitter
Locations:
Brooklyn, England