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UK students call for ban of school uniforms in porn
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Holy fuck these comments are something else.
The article specifically talks about a group of MINOR teenage students wanting to ban their school uniforms in porn because they have been sexually harassed by other people while wearing said uniforms.
Literally nobody is trying to ban what goes on between two consenting adults. This is all about teenage students not wanting to be sexualized over wearing a school uniform that they had no choice in.
I just don't understand what exactly it is that the government could do. It would result in them have to define a school uniform and since there isn't a standardized uniform across all schools in the UK that would become quite difficult.
Right now? The govt hasn't done anything. Only two Parliament members so far have expressed support for their petition, and I suspect that's only because this is gaining public attention.
Since nobody has read the article, here are the relevant points:
These are smart kids. The dismissive comments here regarding their opinions and personal experiences with a blanket "just trying to ban porn" statement is a gross overreaction and shifting the blame onto the victims.
The comments and not dismissive you're just misinterpreting them.
The discussion is about how the government approaches this. An outright band would be ridiculously unworkable, if you want any effective law you have to define it and this is the very definition of a blanket ban. The government in this country have a history of not thinking things through and implementing blanket laws that don't work, don't actually solve the problem that they are supposed to solve, and make criminals out of innocent people.
Look at the incredibly ill thought out draconian and completely ineffective ID laws they've implemented. Anyone with half a brain can work around those. And now rather than accept that the law is stupid they've started talking about banning VPNs because apparently the solution to every problem is more restriction. None of this would be a problem if MPs had more than six brain cells.
The issue with people harassing underage girls, the solution is not a pornography ban.
You underestimate the government's ability to overstep bounds, and fuck up things for everyone.