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Although adult prostitution in Spain is not illegal, child prostitution is. However, as adult prostitution is unregulated, it facilitates child prostitution itself. Pornography shares a status similar to prostitution in Spain: it is not illegal but child pornography is. In theory, all ethical theories and legal systems condemn child prostitution, pornography, and rape worldwide. In practice though, these crimes keep happening nowadays. The author analyzes this topic in relation to Spanish society today through films such as No tengas miedo (2011) by Montxo Armendáriz, Cachito (1996) by Enrique Urbizu, Hable con ella (2002) and Átame (1990) by Almodóvar, Las edades de Lulú (1990) by Bigas Luna, Alas de mariposa (1991) by Juanma Bajo Ulloa, and Las trece rosas (2007) by Emilio Martínez Lázaro.
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The Stockholm syndrome that Marina develops is reminiscent of Patricia’s (Frédérique Feder) in Álex de la Iglesia’s Acción mutante (1993).
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Sánchez-Conejero, C. (2015). Ethics and Law: A Happy Marriage or a Dysfunctional Relationship?. In: Sex and Ethics in Spanish Cinema. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137573216_6
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