40.2 Can I get my smut in Europe?
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This article is from the Sex Movies FAQ, by director@gti.net (The Director) with numerous contributions by others.
40.2 Can I get my smut in Europe?
Peter van Aarle tells me that the situation in Europe also differs
from country to country.
In general:
In the UK (United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland)
hard-core pornography is illegal, but I've been told you can
get it if you know where to go (No big surprise there).
Holland, Germany, Italy, France, Scandinavia, Greece:
hard-core is legal, and there is no (self)-censorship as there
is in the US. One can say that just about the only thing which
is illegal is kiddie-porn. (for instance, the laws in Holland
are about to be changed, and there will be a 4 year maximum
penalty on producing or distributing kiddie-porn.) And the age
of consent in most countries is 16, which means that Traci
Lords movies (which she made while 16-18 years of age) are NOT
considered illegal, and are freely available.
This also means that most of the kinks which are deemed
obscene in many communities in the US (and are therefore
unobtainable due to self-censorship of the producers) are
freely available in Continental Europe.
These include Bondage and/or S&M with hardcore sex, really
hard S&M (whipping until bleeding, needles, that sort of
thing), Bestiality (in 2 of the video rental places I frequent
they have some bestiality movies, and these stores are not
sleazy backstreet things either. They are the two biggest
stores in town), Fisting, Golden showers, Brown showers (i.e.,
shit).
But as far as mail-order is concerned, this is generally NOT
a very usual method of buying anything in Europe. And the same
goes for porn: I know a few companies who sell videos and
sextoys by mail order, but there is nothing comparable to for
instance Excalibur (I know, someone sent me one of Excalibur's
catalogs since I was curious).
(Thank you Peter!)
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