Comment on France bids to suspend Shein over childlike sex dolls

• timestatic@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Ofc you frame it that way. Most people on here are just against banning things where there’s A, no victims and B, no real way to determine age. You’d have to ban drawings the same way if the characters appear childlike. How is this enforceable. By the opinion of whoever is looking over something? The article specifically mentions weight and size but I don’t think thats sufficient in itself.

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  • workerONE@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    In the US drawings of underage characters in sexual situations is illegal under the Protect act “Section 1466A of Title 18, United States Code, makes it illegal for any person to knowingly produce, distribute, receive, or possess with intent to transfer or distribute visual representations, such as drawings, cartoons, or paintings that appear to depict minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct”

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    • MagicShel@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Out of curiosity, does that include cherubs or is religious iconography exempt?

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  • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    With something like this, a judgement call would ultimately need to be made, yes. That’s how a lot of law enforcement works.

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  • fenrasulfr@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Doesn’t France already ban depictions of characters that look like minors in sexual situations.

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• eager_eagle@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  lol they’re not arguing against because it’s a pointless measure

  you’re confusing picking your fights with being supportive

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  • MirrorGiraffe@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If children sex dolls are readily available it risks normalizing the concept of sex with children. Both for potential pedophiles as well as children who browse shein, might get the impression that adults having sex with children is a thing.

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  • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It absolutely has a point, the point being manufacturing and selling sex toys that look like children is absolutely disgusting.

    And picking your battles doesn’t typically mean arguing against the law being passed on the Internet.

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    • eager_eagle@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      ah, the point is that it’s disgusting, thanks for confirming the emptiness of the argument

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    • Iconoclast@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      is absolutely disgusting

      Why not ban scat fetish then as well?

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      • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Scat fetish typically involves grown adults.

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