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by:  ekimx425
Sunday, April 19, 2009 at 1:09:00 AM EDT

Marty Klein, explains on his blog that the state of Massachusetts has recently introduced a law that makes any pornographic pictures or videos of elders or the disabled illegal. Similar to the laws against child pornography it makes it illegal for any elder (defined as 60 and above) or disabled person (defined as a person with a permanent or long-term physical or mental impairment that prevents or restricts the individual’s ability to provide for his or her own care or protection) to pose nude or sexually and the law would criminalize both the model and the photographer.

Apparently this was created in an effort to end the abuse of the elderly and disabled but I do not think treating them like children and taking away their agency is the way to do that. It completely invalidates the idea that the elderly and disabled also have sex lives. And ignores the market for elderly and disabled pornography. 

It makes me sick that things like this still occur. 


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Comments
That's crazy! It's discrimination, and I don't even know why they thought they had to do it.
# Posted By Mahayana | 4/21/09 01:30 AM | Report | Reply