Look, that's not my argument at all. My argument in the community is that porn is not restricted to photo media, and that such images should be under a cut and given a warning, just as if I posted in a feminist community about, say, rape, I would post a warning.
While I agree that the reason child porn is wrong is because it depicts a child being abused, and that in the case of photo media, a child was in fact abused in the production of the image. My argument against other media, in which the content produced is an act of imagination, is not that it may inspire others to harm. I think such arguments are dangerous precisely because they refuse to admit rational agency.
However, as I stated, I do think that such images can be triggers for people who have been abused.
For myself, I find any depiction of children as sexual objects, especially when an adult is involved to press my squick buttons in the strongest way possible. And thus I prefer not to see them. But I don't equate my squick with moral superiority.
I love the vintage__sex community. However, I think it's important to be responsible when dealing with any erotic/pornographic content.
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Date: 2007-01-06 04:39 am (UTC)While I agree that the reason child porn is wrong is because it depicts a child being abused, and that in the case of photo media, a child was in fact abused in the production of the image. My argument against other media, in which the content produced is an act of imagination, is not that it may inspire others to harm. I think such arguments are dangerous precisely because they refuse to admit rational agency.
However, as I stated, I do think that such images can be triggers for people who have been abused.
For myself, I find any depiction of children as sexual objects, especially when an adult is involved to press my squick buttons in the strongest way possible. And thus I prefer not to see them. But I don't equate my squick with moral superiority.
I love the vintage__sex community. However, I think it's important to be responsible when dealing with any erotic/pornographic content.