It seems that the public mention of these dolls from the AfD party and upcoming elections has sparked a new interest in this topic.
LTO (Legal Tribune Online) is one of the largest, if not the largest, news outlet regarding legal matters. So it is honestly amazing to see this article.
They point out how an evidence based approach to laws have been abandoned in favor of moralism and populism. Every expert spoke against it during the legislative process making the so-called “evident” and “rationale” decision seem like a joke.
Run the article through a translator. It is a great read.
I looked into the author of the article and she is a lawyer specialized in psychology and sex crimes. She was also contacted for a response on the doll draft law.
According to her website she will release two publications regarding the nature of these dolls;
Sex dolls with a childlike appearance – a legal classification
“… You can’t see those in the dark.” – for a decriminalization of § 184l of the German Criminal Code
Many thanks for the link. Some time ago we discussed the article on LTO in our forum in Germany. It is fascinating that the lawyer Jenny Lederer was consulted as an expert in the legislative process in the Bundestag in Germany, and yet this ban was passed. It shows that this law was not passed on the basis of facts, but on the basis of politicians’ disgust. This has nothing to do with evidence-based criminal policy,
Democracy means that when dim-witted, ignorant people outnumber the reasonable, stupid ideas will be supported. Facts are irrelevant. Opinions and emotions are all that matter to them. They’re reactionary, not stopping to think or having any logic.
