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Yea... porn in illegal in China, erotic stories is just "word-porn" basically, this is nothing new.
This is what conservatism does. Same in China, same in the Deep South of the US (the only reason why porn is still legal-ish in the south is because of the first amendment, but the constitution is being eroded so that might not last long)
Conservatism is a disease that many countries still have. Take a look at this map:
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Porn being legal is mostly only a thing in the "western world".
Even if China has a liberal democracy like in the west, people would still elect conservatives. See democratic countries like: India, South Korea, Ukraine, Phillippines, Malaysia, they all made porn illegal despite being democratic.
I'm cisgender and probably straight (or asexual not sure tbh), but if I was trans or gay, my parents would've disowned me for being "mentally ill" and gave me zero inheritance. I mean, even currently with depression, my parents are already thinking about leaving me out of the will for being a "useless eater", imagine if I was LGBT. For context, parents are from Mainland, PRC, currently we're in the US, they are conservstives that just thinks everyone who's is depressed is either "faking it" or crazy psychopaths and/or "useless eaters". I hate my life.
Yeah India is a striking example of a place where porn really NEEDS to be legal. Way too many horny single men there.
What "broad restrictions" is NZ and Australia under?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography_laws_by_region#Australia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography_laws_by_region#New_Zealand
Basically a lot of fetishes/kinks deemed "weird" by the government
Everything on the NZ list is illegal pretty much anywhere in the world though.
No golden showers for the Auzzies though.
Why am I reminded of one old comic? It went like this:
Yeah porn is so empowering..
Why do you keep posting this? Your problem isn't with people looking at naked pictures or lewd stories, it's with exploitation. That's a capitalist problem, not a porn one. Are you suggesting that in cases of capitalist exploitation we ban the exploited industry instead of regulating the capitalists?