It Had to Happen.

[swestrup]

A 15-year old girl is arrested for producing and owning child pornography, after it was discovered that she was creating nude pictures of herself in sexual situations and posting them on the Internet.

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[forthright.livejournal.com]

Okay ... well, just *maybe* I can see some social rationale in the child pornography charges, on the basis that producing this material encourages pedophiles to commit acts with other (innocent) girls. (For the record, I still think it is stupid, but at least plausibly stupid).

But how in all the name that is unholy can you be charged with 'sexual abuse of children' where the victim is YOURSELF?

*sigh*

[swestrup]

It is, unfortunately, a logical consequence of the fact that in the US (I don't know about Canada), that someone underage is assumed to be unable to consent to sex, and therefor all sexual activities with such a person are automatically abuse.

Technically, you could have an underaged child arrested for masturbation, under these laws.