I bought a newspaper in my local independent newsagent yesterday morning. Up on the shelf, but not particularly out of eye line was a set of soft porn magazines including one labelled "100s of Teen Girls Naked Just For You." I stood for a long moment, knowing exactly what would happen if I objected, and then I thought, I can't walk past this. I said to the shop keeper that I thought it wasn't very nice to be selling something like that. The response was aggressive and nonsensical of course, and ended with shouted insults that I am a child and need to grow up. (I am 60.) Grow up...like those teens?
All advice is that this material is not illegal. Neither are knives: how's that going?
There is an obvious slobbery implication here about underage sex. Does anyone know if there is any organisation or campaign that is working to ban this kind of sewage?
I have put a post on the community facebook page, I've contacted my very wonderful MP and I've written to the Chamber of Commerce and Trading Standards. I 'phoned 101 for advice and they said contact the publisher - yes, that's really going to work isn't it?
I was privileged to work with brilliant young people for the whole of my career. I cannot bear to see this perverted view of them being sold as legal merchandise. Any (legal!) suggestions about anything else I could do would be so welcome.
AIBU - this is legal and we just have to put up with it?