We were all kids once, we found a way. I did, other kids will. Sure we can make it harder to access, but blocking it isn’t the solution that republicans think it is.
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TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 8 months agoI get wanting to keep porn away from children, but on the flipside I don’t trust governments with a history of criminalizing homosexuality with my porn history. Looking up, it seems that these states even kept laws against sodomy in their books.
ohlaph@lemmy.world 8 months ago
jtk@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
It’s not a solution to the problem they say they’re looking to solve. It’s more government control, it’s big brother, it’s everything they say they don’t want, so it’s obviously exactly what they wanted.
TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yeah, the moral scandal of shouting that kids are being exposed to sex is just too effective at enabling all kinds of overreach.
But if you say that sex education, teaching about consent and risks and how to seek help, is far more effective at protecting children than any sort of censorship, they’ll act doubly scandalized. And parents who don’t want to talk about sensitive matters with their precious little angels fall for it every time.
pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It’s definitely double ungood.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Exactly, additionally I don’t trust governments that consistently fail to understand artistic merit in sexually graphic art and sought to ban it to maintain free expression.
Yearly1845@reddthat.com 8 months ago
Or you could accept that humans are sexually active creatures and by the time kids are curious about porn, it’s time to talk to them about why porn can be damaging and why it’s important to form meaningful connections with other people instead of your screen, and teach them about STDs, pregnancy, rape, the reproductive system etc. You know, all things that are covered in sex Ed that republicans also want to ban.
But no, I’m sure banning porn and all discussion about sex will only have a positive impact on kids 🙄
Mango@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I see you Mr dildo haver.
Bakachu@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I had to look this up, and this is so nuts, but there are currently 12 states that stilll have sodomy laws as of late 2023: Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Texas.
I think a lot of people might not realize that sodomy is often legally defined as anything that is not PIV intercourse. So most foreplay and obviously any sex practiced by homosexual couples. I absolutely don’t get why there isn’t a stronger push to get rid of this and other dumb laws against offenses that are widely committed and/or are hard to enforce.
Well I guess this one kind of makes sense in this current state of political turmoil.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Because they’re all federally illegal (until they aren’t) by Lawrence v. Texas. And of those 12, 2 definitely would overturn if Thomas has his way (Lawrence was one of the decisions he said he wants reviewed) and 2 are iffy. Texas would gladly enforce anti sodomy laws today if they could.
WHYAREWEALLCAPS@kbin.social 8 months ago
As someone trapped in this shithole of a state, can confirm that Texas would be going after people with this law.
Alph4d0g@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
I heard Texas has a ballot initiative to change the state’s name to Republic of Gilead
pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I just looked it up to confirm because I’ve only known it to mean butt sex, but the Wikipedia article on it agrees with you.
I don’t think any of those states actually enforce those laws though, most likely because it would be difficult to get evidence of such acts. Just because the law exists in the books doesn’t mean it’s still upheld, tons of states have “dumb laws” that aren’t enforced but we’re never removed because the process is too arduous.