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comment by al

well the technicality of what CP is and what it isn't really depends on your nations laws, for example in england if an image of a person under 18 is being used for sexual purposes clothed or not it is illegal, however I believe in america is it true they have to be partially nude for it to count as pornography? forgive me if I am a little ignorant of your laws





user-inactivated  ·  3807 days ago  ·  link  ·  

They also have to be under a specific age of consent, which changes from state to state. I believe it ranges from 14-16 with 16 being the norm.

The thing is, while it isn't socially acceptable to be sexually attracted to a 14 y/o when you're 25+(and lets be honest, that's fucking young), a 14 y/o is still sexually mature from a physical standpoint. That is not CP, creepy yes, but not CP.

al  ·  3805 days ago  ·  link  ·  

well maybe not physically, but legally it still remains- and as a belief I think that it is not the physical maturity alone that allows the relationship to be adult but the mental maturity which doesn't directly correlate with physical/sexual, for example as a 13 yr old I would have been totally capable of having sex with a legal adult physically, however it is important that society recognises that the reason that would be wrong is not only due to the lack of complete sexual/physical maturity but the ability to make decisions which are of that degree of importance

user-inactivated  ·  3803 days ago  ·  link  ·  

absolutely true and I won't disagree with that.

But my initial foray into this conversation was because of the portrayal of /r/jailbait as being CP, which it isn't.