RE: Ethical Porn Practices Could Prevent Pedophilia and Child Porn... But Who Cares?
I agree wholeheartedly on this. Regulation is important, with allowance for production involving legal age consenting adults. Where is this line drawn? Most think of minors as under 18, but some states have special laws, that allow such things as a 19 year old having sex with a 16 year old. If such an act was filmed, does state or federal law take purview? Now, I am by no means playing Devil's advocate. Pedophilia is unacceptable. I am rambling out thoughts on how it would be regulated and what definitions would be used. To battle the opposition, one must be able to know how they would debate an issue. You and I have had similar conversations about regulation, not only involving pornography but also prostitution. Legalization with regulation of consenting age parties further allows us to pinpoint and target trafficking. So, perhaps, in conjunction with regulation of pornography, perhaps also a legalization and regulation of prostitution? That would allow law enforcement to forcus on trafficking targets, barring corruption in law enforcement and legislative departments (Which I believe is also part of the problem).
Yes, exactly. Unfortunately, I personally would like to live in a world without regulation. I would prefer people to not be douchebags and to be able to just be. But when you look at the numbers it is just disheartening. At the same time, making porn or prostitution illegal would fuel the need and send it back underground. That which works in the light, even the darker of ventures, is always going to be more accountable than that which is in the dark.
It's really all the bell curve concept. We can adjust what is an acceptable range, but "outliers" will always exist. I think the line should be drawn at the line of legally informed/educated consent. The outliers can then be dealt with by the law and activists. If we make all consensual porn legal, there will still be outliers willing to produce and buy outside of that. If we made all porn illegal (which is NOT a good idea, by the way), then the outlier range is much more broad, and those willing to produce outlying content will have more to profit from. Money over human well being is generally always the argument. Too many people are willing to overlook the destruction of a human if it puts money in their pocket.