FHM Gets Wrist Slap For Topless Pic Of Underage Girl

FHM has had a wrist slap over an image it published of a 14 year old girl. Yup, a wrist slap.

A spokesman for FHM said: "We regret any distress caused to either the girl or her parents. When the picture - a posed, topless shot - was submitted to us for publication it appeared to be of a much older girl taken by a male friend. The information with which we were provided also suggested this was the case."

I like the need to let us know that it was a posed topless shot, so obviously the girl in it had given up any rights, I mean she posed for the picture. And someone who wasn't her sent it to you, saying it was okay to publish. Well that's all right then. Idiots.

FHM had argued that it received around 1,200 photographs each week for publication either from or on behalf of women posing topless or in their underwear. It was surprised the girl was 14 as she appeared to be older, and had "no reason to believe the image was taken without her consent".

Didn't consider that she should be consulted before it was published ? She might have consented to the picture being taken but she might never have consented to it being published. This seems to be saying that anyone can submit a photo and FHM will make no effort whatsoever to check that the subject of the picture agrees to publication. 'Cause obviously a woman wearing only her underwear or posing topless has no fucking rights, she's only there for moronic male consumption. I have no doubt that some of those 1,200 pics are sent by, or with the full knowledge and consent of the subject but this case highlights that not all are. And as previously stated, just because someone agrees to pose for their boyfriend does not mean that they consent to publication.

It's like the whole blow up over that girl from High School Musical. Oh my god, she posed nude for a picture intended for her boyfriend !!! Nudity !!! It's the devils work !! People are clamouring to vent their opinion on the poor girl. Very few people seem to be asking how a private photograph ended up on the net. I haven't seen anything about trying to track down the person responsible and prosecute them for their actions. One unfeeling idiot suggested that it's not a situation anyone should be upset about. Okay, maybe they are referring to not being upset about the fact that a teenage girl got naked. That I agree with, nudity is not something to be scared of. However the fact that this private picture ended up on the net is something to be upset about. Very fucking upset about.