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by randompwd 1767 days ago
> When I was 15, I had nudes of a 17 year old

Did you have those nudes with the consent & permission of the 17 year old in question?

Is there more to this story than you are letting on?

2 comments

There are many stories like this; there are even cases where someone got convicted of child pornography for sending nudes of themselves to their {boy,girl}friend.

It's bonkers. But it happens. Unfortunately all of this has become something of a taboo, but teenagers having sex is ... kind of normal. What exactly is and isn't acceptable is very hard to decide as a general matter, and far too often any conversation is shot down with "pedophile apologist!" or, in this case, baseless "you must have done something wrong!" assumptions.

The law does not care if it is consenting. The law indicates that a 17 year old is unable to consent.