Direct from an official press release from the country’s government website: “Building on the Government’s work to tackle violence against women and girls, pornography depicting illegal sexual conduct between family members and adults roleplaying as children will be criminalised.” This legislation is one of several recently proposed pornography bans by the government, including the criminalisation of material depicting choking that we’ve been following here at Hard Copy. Interestingly enough, it is not illegal for step-related adults to engage in sexual relationships in England and Wales, a fact that gave some ministers pause regarding the feasibility of implementing such a ban in pornography. Nonetheless, the law narrowly passed, with 144 voting in favour to 143 against. What does it mean for a society to restrict content in fictive mediums like pornography that is legal in real life?
U.K. to Ban Stepfamily and Incest Fantasies in Porn
