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by have_faith 1474 days ago
What definition of pornography are you operating on out of interest?
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One way anti-pornography advocates define pornography is by taking child pornography definitions and removing the child specific parts. I don't have formal legal definitions right now but one someone might offer, based on the definition of child pornography found on wikipedia [0], would be "any visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct ~involving a minor~" (involving a minor struck out). I think this is a good way of defining it since it helps use court rulings to deal with the inherent ambiguity when on the edge of what is considered pornography vs not pornography.

What do you think of that from a definition standpoint?

0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_pornography_laws_in_the_...

They know it when they see it.
por·nog·ra·phy /pôrˈnäɡrəfē/ Learn to pronounce noun printed or visual material containing the explicit description or display of sexual organs or activity, intended to stimulate erotic rather than aesthetic or emotional feelings.
I guess “sex acts to be broadcast for someone else’s viewing”?