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18 U.S. Code § 2256. Definitions for chapter
For the purposes of this chapter, the term—(1)
“minor” means any person under the age of eighteen years;
(2)
(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), “sexually explicit conduct” means actual or simulated—
(i)
sexual intercourse, including genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal, whether between persons of the same or opposite sex;
(ii)
bestiality;
(iii)
masturbation;
(iv)
sadistic or masochistic abuse; or
(v)
lascivious exhibition of the anus, genitals, or pubic area of any person;
(B) For purposes of subsection 8(B) [1] of this section, “sexually explicit conduct” means—
(i)
graphic sexual intercourse, including genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal, whether between persons of the same or opposite sex, or lascivious simulated sexual intercourse where the genitals, breast, or pubic area of any person is exhibited;
(ii) graphic or lascivious simulated;
(I)
bestiality;
(II)
masturbation; or
(III)
sadistic or masochistic abuse; or
(iii)
graphic or simulated lascivious exhibition of the anus, genitals, or pubic area of any person;