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[–]ClassroomPast6178[S] 9 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

Plus, the men who get their thrills from this aren't likely to restrain their deviancy in the long run.

That’s the reason why I think banning child sex dolls is justified. I’m super liberal about stuff between consenting adults, but some shit just shouldn’t be normalised because the risks are too high.

Another reason to not allow this is that sedation of the kind that is being suggested is really only safe in the presence of medical personnel with access to advanced life support. Just ask Prince…

[–]IMissPorn 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

That’s the reason why I think banning child sex dolls is justified. I’m super liberal about stuff between consenting adults, but some shit just shouldn’t be normalised because the risks are too high.

I never got that line of thinking. To me it looks like the same BS as Jack Thompson's "murder simulator" argument against video games, or radical feminists saying "pornography is the theory--rape is the practice". I admit it sounds kind of plausible, but people have tried many times to prove cause and effect here, and they consistently fail. Often they even find an inverse correlation, suggesting that the alternative theory may have more truth it it; that providing a harmless outlet for dangerous impulses could be a good thing,

[–]ClassroomPast6178[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I actually agree with everything you say about the links between media and offending etc and I upvoted you too.

But, I just think child sex dolls and drugging people for sex are okay to keep illegal/ban.

[–]IMissPorn 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Well, drugging people for sex (even with their permission) does sound awful risky. I can think of good arguments against that one aside from—what shall we call it?—"escalation theory". But I would put a sex toy in the same category as media, no real people are harmed. So...yeah this is a tangent, I'm really only objecting to your analogy rather than your conclusion on to the topic at hand.

I'm still curious if you'd like to share your reasoning though. How about lolicon (erotic drawings of children)? While obviously disturbing, I would still apply the same standard unless there's evidence it increases the chance of people getting hurt in real life. But I haven't really thought about the doll issue a lot. A doll is different from a cartoon in some ways, but I can't really think of a reason why that difference would be significant.

[–]ClassroomPast6178[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

With the child doll, I think that there is no real upside to allowing it and that the potential risk great enough that we should probably just keep that one illegal.

It’s purely a risk/reward calculation from where I stand. It may be entirely harmless, but the harm that would be done if it isn’t, means that we should just keep that door closed.

I’m also opposed to AI generated CSA images/videos, even though no child would be harmed in their creation, I just see no upside to having those be allowed.

[–]Chipit 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

"We should no more be encouraging rapists to find a supposedly safe outlet for it than we should facilitate murderers by giving them realistic, blood-spurting dummies to stab...to make such a solution available is to risk normalizing rape by giving it a publicly acceptable face."

-- New York Times