[rented_mule]

> Basically thought crime

Let's go in the opposite direction...

>> Amanda was 10 years old. she went into the bathroom and had sex with a 30 year old man.

If the story was real, should Amanda be banned from publishing her own account of her experience later in life? Should she be able to write about the impact it had on her? I think she should have that freedom.

What if she was 17 years 364 days old and the adult was 18 years 1 day old, assuming the age of consent is 18, and she writes about it being a good experience for her? 16 years old and 20? 4 and 40? Those are increasingly grotesque to me, but I don't know where to draw the line.

Wait, have I crossed the line in what I've written in this reply? Have we all?

[mothballed]

I have no idea about Australia, but in USA it's pretty well established it is a crime to publish CSAM of yourself. Children are prosecuted for sending their own provocative images to others. I can only imagine the punishment would be worse if they distributed them after they were an adult.

So I would think hypothetically if the words were CSAM, the fact they are the victim publishing their own account would be immaterial to their defense.

[stvltvs]

IANAL, but written materials about sexual abuse don't seem to be illegal in the US. For recent-ish publications, see My Dark Vanessa by Russell and Tampa by Nutting.

(I liked the former which took a thoughtful approach whereas I didn't finish the latter because it just felt like erotica for pedophiles which isn't what I was looking for.)