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Melbourne International Film Festival dumps android child sex film – Sydney Morning Herald
The festival dropped the prize-winning movie after a leading forensic psychologist warned it “normalises sexual interest in children”.
The film was just wrong in so many ways, Dr Owen said. “Notwithstanding the artistic intent of the movie, without question it would be used as a source of arousal for men interested in child abuse material.
Dr Owen said the subject matter “normalises sexual interest in children” and would almost certainly lead to the movie being “used … for arousal and masturbatory purposes”. She added that images put to such use “do not have to be explicitly pornographic in nature”.
Dr Owen said the fact th…
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