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Originally Posted by abaya
It's only in the last 100 years that people (mostly Western countries) have begun to think of children as "innocent" and having a need to be "protected," whether from sexual exploitation or work exploitation. The rest of the world is still catching up, unfortunately... and as long as there's a demand, there will always be someone to supply that "commodity." Very unfortunate fact.
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I think this is one of the most compelling statements in this thread and exploring this a bit further might help answer the original question of the thread.
Before the time when children were considered innocent and needing protection, would child pornography have been acceptable? Had the internet existed during this time where child labor was acceptable, how would we have responded to child pornography then?