Mirror Monday *70

“Child pornography” is far too broad-reaching a term in the eyes of the law (at least as far as I’m aware of what applies in the US and UK). Teen boys are quite literally NOT children, as in that they have sexual desires children do not and so morally and logically…and if you are rational, then no, pictures such as this are not considered child pornography.

In the US and the UK however, it would largely depend on mens rea and what else you have in your possession that in the eyes of the law might constitute “an unnatural interest in children”.

But again…if you are logical and rational…which US and UK laws about this sort of thing obviously aren’t…you’ll know these boys are not children and that having some amount of interest (to a non-obsessive, non-creepy extent)–even sexual–in teenagers–is quite natural.

Pictures, videos, etc. of teens doing what is natural for them should always be legal and never considered CP so long as they are not being harmed, harming themselves, or harming anyone else. Most of the time, it’s obvious what is exploitation and what is not (not always, i.e. if a private picture is shared publically), and though this picture is clearly not exploitative or forced, I can see how it could be considered CP under current draconian laws.

But the fact remains. MilkBoys is a blog for TEEN boys, not CP (or even what could be considered as CP in the eyes of the law). Now and then, a younger boy is posted, but so what? Are we not allowed to find beauty in all generations of people? I understand what you’re saying and I do agree with you to a certain extent. Some comments can be quite nasty and discussions get out of hand sometimes and unfortunately the internet is too often a place that brings out the worst in people.

As for this blog though, I really don’t notice much of a difference in what’s being posted…just that in more recent years, young boys like this are probably more eager to snap pictures like this and post them everywhere. Just take a look at what’s on Tumblr for example, plus the amount of sexting scandals in the news nowadays has gotten insane (there was more recently one in my old high school as well as the high school near my place of work).

Things are changing dramatically whether we acknowledge it or not and this is just an observation of course. But it will be interesting to see what’s going on in the next 10 or so years with all this.

Not meaning to beat you down because I do see your point, but from a logical standpoint, I don’t consider this or anything else that’s been posted on this blog as “CP”. That’s not to say that people or laws in certain areas wouldn’t. Unfortunately.