Child erotica
Non-pornographic child material used for sexual arousal.
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Child erotica refers to non-pornographic material involving children that is used for sexual purposes, encompassing items such as nonsexual images, books, toys, and clothing. It is a broader category than child pornography and has been collected by pedophiles and child sexual abuse offenders, sometimes as a substitute for illegal underage pornography. The term is controversial because the word 'erotica' carries artistic and literary connotations.
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- Japanese law enacted
- 2010
- U.s. federal law violation
- depictions of even a clothed child if they constitute lascivious exhibitions of the genitalia or pubic area
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Japan's 2010 law against child prostitution and pornography defines child pornography as any image of a child under 18 that is naked or partially naked and sexually stimulating. In the early 2000s, the Internet Watch Foundation and Crown Prosecution Service considered that an Internet service provider knowingly carrying newsgroups such as alt.binaries.pictures.child.erotica.male or alt.binaries.pictures.child.erotica.female could be committing an offense related to illegal advertisements.
Under U.S. federal law, depictions of even a clothed child violate the law if they constitute lascivious exhibitions of the genitalia or pubic area, with the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals defining lascivious as tending to excite lust, lewd, indecent, obscene, sexual impurity, or tending to deprave morals regarding sexual relations. Some U.S. members of Congress have proposed prohibiting certain child modeling sites, and some states are considering similar legislation, though opponents argue such laws would likely violate the First Amendment.
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- Wikipedia: Child erotica (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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