When my mother became ill, the woman of the house came to visit her. So they talked about stuff, you know. And the subject of nudity came up. This woman was for open nudity and was so convincing that she had my mother convinced that it was okay. Not that my mother would let me and my sister run around the backyard naked. But even my mother seemed to understand.
Then we fast forward into the world of the world wide web and the Internet. Here is a website called Pure Nudism which is based around the old world European concept of open nudity. Only it is photographed and videotaped of nude persons. Although the site does show people of all ages, shapes and sizes naked, that does not seem to justify the $30 a month subscription rate.
There is a daily photo available for marketing. Most of the time, these daily photos feature young boys and girls between the ages of 10 and 16, who are very attractive and in a child model's physical condition.
Have you seen Pure Nudism? If you have not, have you heard of it? Would you consider this to be child pornography?
Most of the photos of nude people will show the models engaged in an activity. Or there are shots of children or a child engaged in an activity and they are not at the center of the photograph. Would you consider this to be tastfully done or merely a way for the owners of the website to please their subscribers but find a way to work around obscenity laws?
Do you consider such a website to be obscene? Is it pornographic?
What about the photos of nude children? Is this child pornography? How can this site be allowed legally? I am not sure if this is based in the US, but they clearly are operating and conducting business in the US. How can a business get away with offering photographs and video recordings of nude children to American consumers?
There are also beauty pageants for young girls on this website. In many cases, the parents are involved in the contests. I little girl, who appeared to be 12 years old, posed nude with her parents nude in accepting an award as the winner of the beauty contest.
If my American mother caught me posing for photographs and videocameras in my birthday suit, I would be beaten three ways to Sunday. It would be a cold day in Hell for my mother to ever stand byside me with the two of us naked posing for photographers. And if anyone tried to offer my mother money in exchange for taking nude photos of me as a child, she would have told them where to go and it wouldn't be to the bank to cash the check.
Edit- It is not a dilemna so much as it is confusion as to what the current laws are regarding this. I am in my 40s and I can remember a time when even full frontal adult nudity was considered to be pornographic, let alone showing grown consenting adults having sexual intercourse. They were called porn, because legally back then they were. Now full frontal nudity of adults and adults engaging in all sorts of sexual acts is freely available on cable television and the Internet within easy access to persons of all ages. And so we reach the issue at hand. This is not children having sex with each other nor are they having sex with adults. This is children photographed and videotaped by themselves, and/or with adults. Is this child pornography? Is this art protected under Freedom of Speech and Expression? What is the difference between a parent or grandparent innocently posting a nude photo of one of their offspring on Facebook or MySpace, and a website using professional photographers a