McKayla Maroney -- I Was Underage in Hacked Nude Photos

[Xithras]

83. Potentially, but there is no moral equivalence between the two.

Here in California, where I (and Maroney, for what it's worth) live, it is a crime for two people under the age of 18 to have sex. There are no Romeo & Juliet laws in this state so, according to the letter of the law, two 17 year old kids are committing a crime if they strip down and do the deed.

Prosecuting a 17 year old for taking a nude selfie is the moral equivalent of prosecuting a 17 year old for having sex. Could you do it? Legally, yes. Should you do it? Only a tiny minority generally think so. Normal people look at it as a harmless and victimless crime, and prosecutors who spend their time hunting down horny teenagers tend to lose their jobs rather quickly.

The people trading her pictures, on the other hand, are fapping to child porn. They're the moral, ethical and legal equivalent to a 40 year old man standing outside the window watching the two 17 year olds have sex while he masturbates in the bushes. They are not harmless, they DO create victims, and most people agree that masturbatory voyeurs who like to diddle themselves to photos of underage girls should be locked up.

There is no equivalence between the two crimes.