Why is child porn even illegal?

[oolhlh2]

No. Kids should not be wrapped up in cotton wool until they turn 18. That is extremely problematic for their development.

How is stopping a kid from having sex with an adult detrimental to their development?

[Not Forever]

Okay, who agrees with me that CP should be legal and even mandatory?

Mandatory? No… but legal, well, I believe it should be treated like any other pornography, without hysteria. If it’s material distributed without consent, it falls under non-consensual intimate image sharing. If it was produced without consent, it should be illegal, as it already is with any other kind of pornography.

I simply don’t think it needs special treatment, so in principle I’m in favor of legalization.

[BLueRibbon]

No. Kids should not be wrapped up in cotton wool until they turn 18. That is extremely problematic for their development.

How is stopping a kid from having sex with an adult detrimental to their development?

That isn't what I said. I was reacting to your argument that kids shouldn't be allowed to do gross things in general.

[ReArm!]

About all this conversation I would like to point out how even in these spaces our society is so puritanical that "it's gross" is an argument that shows up, and I think that this is precisely what we should fight against, even though I think puritanism is inevitable in any society, but it should be always the minimum possible.

Oh and by the way, I don't mean by that that CP should be legal 100%, there are a lot of other arguments against it which have been made here and are completely valid, even though I personally think it should be.