10.05.010 Definitions.
In this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(1) "Harmful to minors" means that quality of any description or representation, in whatever form, of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sadomasochistic abuse:
(a) which the average adult person, applying contemporary community standards, would find, when considered as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest in sex of minors; and
(b) which the average adult person would find is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community with respect to what is suitable material for minors; and
(c) which, when considered as a whole, and in the context in which it is used, lacks serious literary, artistic, political and scientific value for minors.
(2) "Knowledge" and "knowing" have the meaning set out in RCW 9A.08.010(1)(b).
(3) "Minor" means a person less than 18 years old.
(4) "Nudity" means the showing of the human male or female genitals, pubic area or buttocks with less than a full opaque covering, or the showing of the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering of any portion thereof below the top of the nipple, or the depiction of covered male genitals in a discernibly turgid state.
(5) "Sadomasochistic abuse" means flagellation or torture by or upon a person clad in undergarments, a mask or bizarre costume, or the condition of being fettered, bound or otherwise physically restrained on the part of one so clothed.
(6) "Sexual conduct" means acts of masturbation, homosexuality, sexual intercourse, or physical contact with a person’s clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks or, if such person be a female, breast.
(7) "Sexual excitement" means the condition of human male or female genitals when in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal. (Added by Ord. 94-091 § 1, Sept. 21, 1994).