Double standard or just pathetic?

[Kobrania]

In Britain, at sixteen you can consent to sex no matter how perverse or shocking, as long as all parties consent.
But you can't display a picture of your naked body on the internet or watch porn 'legally'.

I don't understand the reasoning. :|

[Gimmadonis]

In Britain, at sixteen you can consent to sex no matter how perverse or shocking, as long as all parties consent.
But you can't display a picture of your naked body on the internet or watch porn [b]'legally'.[/b]

I don't understand the reasoning. :|

OOOOOOOOOPPPPPPPPSSSSSSSSS

[RoI3]

In Britain, at sixteen you can consent to sex no matter how perverse or shocking, as long as all parties consent.
But you can't display a picture of your naked body on the internet or watch porn 'legally'.

I don't understand the reasoning. :|

Really?

[RightLeaningChristians]

Sex with 16 year olds is illegal?

[Kobrania]

Sex with 16 year olds is illegal?

*snip*
No, just starring in porn or watching it.

[East Congaree]

Sex with 16 year olds is illegal?

Omegle is fucking hilarious.

[Grave_n_idle]

In Britain, at sixteen you can consent to sex no matter how perverse or shocking, as long as all parties consent.
But you can't display a picture of your naked body on the internet or watch porn 'legally'.

I don't understand the reasoning. :|

There is no requirement for 'law x' to correspond to 'law y', even if they relate to the same basic arena of experience.

[Douchebaggerry]

Really?

Yeah in the U.K. you have to be 18 to watch porn.

[Douchebaggerry]

Omegle is fucking hilarious.

I love that site.

[East Canuck]

In Britain, at sixteen you can consent to sex no matter how perverse or shocking, as long as all parties consent.
But you can't display a picture of your naked body on the internet or watch porn 'legally'.

I don't understand the reasoning. :|

That's law and it's inconsistences for you. A lot of stupid laws are still in the book.

[YLOKANDIA]

BS so in the U.K. you can't watch porn legally but 16 year olds can have sex regardless what they do? Hmmm so are you saying I can't watch porn but I can make porn but it won't be called porn if no ones watching right? So if two consenting individuals have sex but let's say their friend found a video of them having sex and posts it online, does that mean that even though it was not meant to be public, will they get arrested as well? Even more BS if the guy/girl who uploaded it online doesn't get arrested.

[Hydesland]

Since when did any law even reasonably prevent sixteen year olds in this day and age from watching porn.

[Yootopia]

Since when did any law even reasonably prevent sixteen year olds in this day and age from watching porn.

The moral intensity of the young forces them to click "no" on the "are you over 18" tabs on porn sites *nods*

[The Rifle Brigade]

The legislative impetus is quite simple.

By denying porn to 16 year olds, they make it more likely that the 16 year old will go out and get some real sex.

Then, once they've had the real thing for a couple years, they can settle for watching someone else do it.

Its the same reason we learn to eat before we learn to cook.

Okay, that didn't make any sense.

[Dashret]

The same is true in the US, in some states. Age of consent here varies from 16 to 18 depending on state. I believe the laws making it illegal for under-18's to view pornography are federal.

Of course, that's not nearly as bad as Japan. Universal age of consent: 13. And even stricter laws regarding porn than the US.

[RoI3]

Really?

Yeah in the U.K. you have to be 18 to watch porn.

I'm a repeat offender.

[Flameswroth]

I believe the laws making it illegal for under-18's to view pornography are federal.

I think you're right, insofar as the fed sets a minimum age that the states can allow pornography viewing. I think there are some that actually go higher than that though, as I've heard some require you to be 21 or older to view pornography.

I could be wrong though, it's been a long time since I've...done any 'research' on that

[Cteduul]

In Britain, at sixteen you can consent to sex no matter how perverse or shocking, as long as all parties consent.
But you can't display a picture of your naked body on the internet or watch porn 'legally'.

I don't understand the reasoning. :|

It's quite simple really, they are sixteen, still quite young, having sex is one thing but doing something so "corrupting" as starring as a pornstar is a decision some one so young shouldn't make. watching it isn't so bad, its not particularly harmful like actually starring in it would be. Letting sixteen year olds star in porn is just giving a generation another chance to make whores of themselves and degrade themselves.

I'm sixteen, I hang around with other sixteen year olds, my girlfriend is fifteen, at this age group it would just be wrong on so many levels to star in porn.

[Phenia]

The legislative impetus is quite simple.

By denying porn to 16 year olds, they make it more likely that the 16 year old will go out and get some real sex.

Then, once they've had the real thing for a couple years, they can settle for watching someone else do it.

Its the same reason we learn to eat before we learn to cook.

Okay, that didn't make any sense.

It did make sense though, especially with the last bit. That made it easy to understand although I haven't learned to learn it yet.

[RoI3]

In Britain, at sixteen you can consent to sex no matter how perverse or shocking, as long as all parties consent.
But you can't display a picture of your naked body on the internet or watch porn 'legally'.

I don't understand the reasoning. :|

It's quite simple really, they are sixteen, still quite young, having sex is one thing but doing something so "corrupting"

watching it isn't so bad, its not particularly harmful like actually starring in it would be.

Why?

[Rhodmhire]

Since when did any law even reasonably prevent sixteen year olds in this day and age from watching porn.

The moral intensity of the young forces them to click "no" on the "are you over 18" tabs on porn sites *nods*

Tell another one, you're on a roll today.

[Rigbyland]

In Britain, at sixteen you can consent to sex no matter how perverse or shocking, as long as all parties consent.
But you can't display a picture of your naked body on the internet or watch porn 'legally'.

I don't understand the reasoning. :|

Neither do I.

[Melkor Unchained]

What I've found baffling on more than one occasion is that sex for money is illegal...

...unless you film and distribute it? I think silliness is running rampant.

[Soheran]

They should be able to watch porn, but not to star in it. Consenting to sex is not the same as consenting to sex that is videotaped and sold.

[Soheran]

I think silliness is running rampant.

Practically there's little difference, but the theory is that in pornography what is being bought and sold is the recording, not the sex.