Submitted on Thursday 12th December 2013
Published on Friday 13th December 2013
Current status: Closed
Closed: Friday 13th June 2014
Signatures: 94
Do not criminalise recordings of “consensual non-consent” sex.
In January, the Government intends to make the possession of images depicting certain types of legal, consensual sex a criminal act, punishable by up to 3 years in prison.
This is because, although having and filming consensual sex acts is legal, the participants have chosen to pretend that one of them has little or no choice in the matter, for the duration of the scene.
This is known as acting.
We believe that it should remain legal to watch and possess recordings showing scenes which simulate this kind of coercion, just as it will remain legal to watch films depicting simulations of other criminal activities.
Many people – women and men – enjoy participating in and watching this kind of sexual play. To call them criminals for wishing to explore their own sexuality safely, through images, rather than in person, would surely stigmatise and harm them.
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