I appreciate your taking the time to reply.<p>Obviously suggestions of being underage would be hugely problematic. While I don&#x27;t see anything <i>illegal</i> about an adult performer pretending to be younger in a fictional context (but with the requisite 2257 filings in place) it would certainly border on commercial suicide due to adverse publicity, not to mention international problems (eg UK law is now considerably stricter on obscenity, banning the appearance of various acts as well as the performance thereof in real life).<p>Now I can certainly see how a fictional kidnapping and rape could be similarly problematic, and the material I&#x27;ve seen steers away from such themes (but there&#x27;s some self-selection bias there as that&#x27;s not erotic to me anyway). But ISTM you&#x27;d have a very strong defense under the first amendment notwithstanding the graphic nature of the amterial. I mean, I can watch films like <i>Nymphomaniac</i> or <i>The Night Porter</i> on Netflix or DVD even though they are both graphic and include scenes of sexual coercion. They&#x27;re not as graphic as a porn movie, obviously, but differences of degree haven&#x27;t usually been enough to get an obscenity conviction in US courts in recent memory, eg US v. Stevens being found overbroad.<p>You mentioned having written some articles and I&#x27;d certainly be interested in reading those even if they&#x27;re primarily aimed at HR contexts. By chance I recently downloaded the Meese commission report to refresh my knowledge of the area so I would be interested in hearing more of your professional perspective (same name at gmail if you prefer). I eke out a living in indie film and have never worked in porn myself, but from a political and professional standpoint freedom of expression is a huge issue for me so I feel obliged to go to bat for other producers even where I find their output distasteful or straight-up trashy.<p>Thanks again for engaging with me on a difficult topic.