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In reply to the discussion: ‘Rape porn’ possession to be punished by three years in jail, David Cameron to announce [View all]davidn3600
(6,342 posts)Say this hypothetical for example...
John and Jane want to roleplay a rape-like fantasy. And they record this act on video. Assuming both agree to the recording and that the act recorded is consensual, is that video of the act considered illegal to create and possess since it appears to be a rape?
Most people in the thread say it is legal since no illegal act is actually being committed. But several people on here have made the claim that it should be illegal because you can't determine from the video whether it is consensual sex or not. Other people are claiming it should be illegal because real rapists would "get their rocks off" with such porn and could provoke them to commit the crime in real life. And other people worry about the slippery slope that if this depiction of rape is illegal, then all depictions will eventually become illegal...including rape scenes in movies and even literature, or even their own BDSM activities would become the next target.
That is what people are worried about.