you've got to be kidding me, baaaad laws division

MA State Rep Kathi-Anne Reinstein has introduced a bill that would amend the state child porn laws to include the elderly and people with disabilities. Because "obviously" people over 60 and people with disabilities are just like children! and couldn't possibly be consenting sexual beings! Note that, like child porn, this wouldn't apply just to professional porn, but also to images or movies made for personal use - so if your girlfriend uses wheels or your husband is 65 or whatever, forget about taking naked pictures of them.

I was curious - Rep Reinstein herself appears to be young and did not choose to pose in a way that showed a disability - of course she could have a disability not shown here, but I suspect she, er, does not see this as legislation that might apply to her or people like her. Just to some other (Other) people who it is icky to think about sexually, la la!

(If it was not clear: not that they need my approval for anything, but I am in favor of elderly and PWD having whatever sex lives satisfy them, on film or not, in exactly the same way I wish that for all adult people.)

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