Is it illegal to sell movies of women being tied up and forced to have sex?
There are two possible interpretations to this question, and it is a matter of opinion which interpretation to use: (1) filming a real kidnapping and rape, and (2) producing a film depicting a fictional rape (just as films depict airline crashes, alien invasions from outer space, and escaped dinosaurs). The act of kidnapping and rape is clearly a crime having nothing to do with the first amendment. However, my answer is assuming the question means the latter: (2) a film depicting a fictional rape. Anyone who ignores my stated interpretation and rates this answer based on their own interpretation is clearly in service of a Puritanical censorship agenda. With that said, my answer to the legality of producing movies that DEPICT a FICTIONAL kidnapping and rape is as follows: The short answer: Yes, it is legal to produce and sell movies depicting women being tied up and being forced to have sex, i.e. rape. The long answer: When people meditate the legality of any activity, several factors a
Assuming that the women involved are truly being forced to participate, without their consent; you’re talking about kidnapping and rape, which are both very serious crimes. In most places, it’s rather illegal to profit even indirectly from the comission of a crime, such as by selling movies of that crime. Also, it is unlikely that a woman forced to participate in such a thing will have voluntarily signed a model release, which would be needed in order to sell any images of her for profit. Now you could have movies depicting a fictional kidnapping/rape scenario, played out by actors and actresses who are consenting to make this movie; but that doesn’t seem to be what the question is about. I understand the question to be about events in which a woman is actually kidnapped, tied up, and forced to have sex, where this activity is filmed as it is taking place; and the question is about whether or not it is legal to sell these films. It seems clear to me, from the way the question is phrase
