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Sofurry: Ban Cub Porn
Ban cub porn (porn involving fictional children) on SoFurry.com
Why is this important?
Cub porn is a term referring to porn that involves underage characters, specifically children or toddlers. Though the subjects are fictional, this type of pornography is still illegal in many American states under obscenity laws as well as in many countries such as Australia.
On top of being of questionable legality, even fictional depictions of child porn can be harmful. The viewing of any type of child porn by pedophiles can reinforce sexual associations towards children. This can lead to seeking of more extreme forms of child porn, including real images, and potentially acting upon these urges. Some child molesters will also use images of cartoon child porn such as cub porn in the grooming process of their victims.
Cub pornography and its viewers are a minority of the users on SoFurry. On top of making the site safer and not supporting practices that can lead to endangering children, banning cub porn will not hurt the userbase. Instead it could potentially strengthen the userbase by including audiences previously alienated by and uncomfortable with the policy.
On top of being of questionable legality, even fictional depictions of child porn can be harmful. The viewing of any type of child porn by pedophiles can reinforce sexual associations towards children. This can lead to seeking of more extreme forms of child porn, including real images, and potentially acting upon these urges. Some child molesters will also use images of cartoon child porn such as cub porn in the grooming process of their victims.
Cub pornography and its viewers are a minority of the users on SoFurry. On top of making the site safer and not supporting practices that can lead to endangering children, banning cub porn will not hurt the userbase. Instead it could potentially strengthen the userbase by including audiences previously alienated by and uncomfortable with the policy.