It includes, inter alia: visual material such as photographs, movies, drawings and cartoons audio representations any digital media representation live performances written materials in print or online and physical objects such as sculptures, toys, or ornaments.1
The qualification ‘by whatever means’ reflects the broad range of material available in a variety of media, online and offline. details a broadly defined definition of child pornography that seems to include popular Japanese entertainment industries including anime and manga that routinely feature loli and shota as well as fictional underage characters.Ĭhild pornography is defined in article 2 OPSC as ‘any representation of a child engaged in real or simulated explicit sexual activities, regardless of the means used, or any representation of the sexual parts of a child for primarily sexual purposes’. However, hidden in the document on page 14 section 56, the U.N. But there could be some stark unintended consequences. The United Nations proposed a new international initiative, Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, that aims at combating child exploitation.Īs One Angry Gamer notes most of the initiative is aimed at “way to prevent human trafficking, curbing the solicitation of child prostitution, and reducing the spread of child pornography and underage exploitation.”Īs most would see it, the protocol’s efforts appear to be a noble effort to combat child sex trafficking and online exploitation. Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window).Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window).
Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window).Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window).Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window).Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window).Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window).Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window).Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window).Like homosexuality, there’s no victim, it’s not illegal, yet it’s still considered a moral crime. I don’t think artists should be censored because some individuals can’t tell the difference between fiction and reality.īeing completely against this type of art is nothing more than a prejudice Lolicon is not linked to actual pedophilia and it’s not dangerous and completely legal, meaning it’s not any type of paraphilia. The way I see lolicon is an art form/kink. It’s illegal to share pornographic content with minors. There’s an actual or potential victim in this case and that makes it pedophilia. Using loli to groom actual children is illegal and wrong. A pedophile can absolutely be a lolicon but not all lolicons are pedophiles. I’ve found no evidence that being attracted to a seemingly underage character means you’re attracted to them in real life. Pedophilia is a mental illness that’s debatably a sexuality. The main argument I hear is how if you start out liking lolicon you’ll become interested in real children or that lolicon is used to normalize the idea of pedophilia. If that’s therapeutic, why are we trying to stop people from doing so? She said that in his treatment he was asked to draw the situation that happened. Kristin Piper regularly posts updates about him. There’s an actual case where a minor was diagnosed with pedophilia, had 2 victims, and underwent treatment. It’s perfectly normal and healthy to express yourself through art. She could look 5 but Actually be a 1000+ year old dragon, or have the body of a 20 year old and actually be a child. Yes, con does quite literally mean pedophile and loli a young girl, but in this case I’m talking about the genre of anime and manga.Īge in anime is literally just a number.