Just do(n’t record) it

UK Law:

Legal: Consensual sex between people aged 16 and over.
Illegal: Taking pictures of people aged 16 and 17 that can be considered sexual in nature as, because they are under 18, the pictures are, by law, child pornography.

Yes, I’m aware this situation isn’t new. I just wanted to point out, for posterity, how blitheringly stupid the situation is.

6 Comments

  1. Callies895 says:

    See also;

    Fisting between consenting adults = fine

    Pictures of fisting between consenting adults = possible prosecution for extreme pornography (though no charges have ever stuck)

    • Misanthrope Girl says:

      Yes, the laws around extreme pornography are also stupid. We can thank one woman’s personal hobby horse (following the murder of her daughter) for their introduction and Myles Jackman (amongst others) for his work on those cases the CPS has tried to make.

    • JuliaM says:

      “…(though no charges have ever stuck)”

      Like the fist. Hopefully!

    • Penseivat says:

      “Pictures of fisting between consenting adults = possible prosecution for extreme pornography (though no charges have ever stuck)”
      There’s a rumour that’s because someone at CPS had a hand in it!

  2. Demz says:

    Also Illegal under 18: buying a cigarette to smoke after sex.

    • Misanthrope Girl says:

      Buying a cigarette is unlikely to result in a criminal conviction*, a place on the sex offenders register and the ruination of your life.

      *For you anyway – the retailer will be fined.