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Originally Posted by anamardoll
And it's actually a really terrible yard-stick for anything other than personal consumption choices. See also: The Great Breast Feeding Debate on every social media site, ever.
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True. What one person considers art another may consider to be porn and vice versa. Though there are some 'community standards' that are held in common I think. No one is trying to publish photos of the victims of serial killers or pedophiles for example. Generally I think it comes down to common sense. If something is erotically pleasing to a group and isn't causing anyone else any harm (both serial killers and pedophiles do harm others) and there is a market for the erotic work in question then it should (I think) be a matter of personal choice whether or not to view such content. Sometimes publishers err on the side of caution out of fear of being sued should someone take the fantasy account of an act and attempt to make it reality. I think they over estimate the chances of that happening myself. You don't see publishers being sued if someone kills someone after reading Agatha Christie for example.