06-16-2003, 05:10 AM
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Huggles, sir?
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Originally posted by Empty_One
Does this mean I am going to be arrested if I take pictures of my newborn daughter taking her first bath?
How about 4 years from now, when she puts on her shirt, hat, and shoes, doesn't put on her pants, and runs around the house, and I take a picture because it's so cute?
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If you publicly exhibited said pictures, I think that would be cause for concern. Pornography laws are different for every state and often incredibly vague, but here is an example of Utah's:
link: http://attorneygeneral.utah.gov/porn...enpornlaws.htm
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It is not illegal to possess a picture of a nude child, such as a picture of your baby being bathed. However, if the picture focuses on the child’s genitals or the child is posed in a sexual way, giving the impression that the intent of the picture is for sexual arousal, the picture is illegal.
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Consider the following link, for a determination between a nude baby and nude child (well, before he goes off on an apologist tangent):
link: http://archive.salon.com/mwt/feature...aid/print.html
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Consider this: Within the same cultural climate that sees sausages, showerheads and sofas as erotic props, "Naked Babies," a book of photographs of the same by Nick Kelsh with text by Anna Quindlen, is not just acceptable -- it's in its second printing. Quindlen's prose -- full of treacle and truism, bathos and balderdash -- provides a sentimental counterpoint that negates any suspicions aroused by Kelsh's rain of naked bodies: "Adults in the presence of a naked baby reach out their hands," she oozes, "as though to warm themselves at the fire of perfection."
But how exactly is it that nakedness is divine at one point and the desire to touch it an act of flat-out reverence when, a few years later on in the child's life, nakedness becomes shameful and any adults reaching out hands to warm themselves at the fire of perfection will find themselves in manacles? According to Quindlen, a naked baby is "androgynous," "sensual as anything but not sexual at all," while "a boy, a girl -- well, they are something else."
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Last edited by seretogis; 06-16-2003 at 05:13 AM..
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