Oh no, you guys do ban people for genuinely having bad opinionsPeople don't get banned for having unpopular opinions like this or supporting trump. They get banned when people ask about it and they get defensive and become abusive or say things they believe that actually are inherently bad.
Unless you're just browsing a tube site, you probably can, since the one thing the industry is actually really, really careful about is checking the age of everyone involved in the videos that are created. NOBODY wants another Traci Lords situation. Check out "2257 laws" if you ever get a second and want to find out more.
As far as the OP, there's a difference between thinking 18 year olds are physically attractive, and having the desire to exploit the possible power dynamics of actually dating an 18 year old. So no, I don't really think it normalizes it.
How are the tubes with this? I always thought that their moderation is strict with this.
Also I guess that pedos are not dumb enough to upload CP in pages that are not part of the deep web
How are the tubes with this? I always thought that their moderation is strict with this.
Also I guess that pedos are not dumb enough to upload CP in pages that are not part of the deep web
Most of the Tube sites are basically owned by the larger porn companies, many of which are based in America. Any CP on the sites would be at the liability of the owners, so, they'd be arrested/raided. If you look up Wiki for the sites you'll see where they are/who owns them.
If we're talking Pornhub specifically, if you're watching a verified user, the checks are usually in place, but anything that's randomly uploaded generally has no paperwork attached, so no one has any proof of what age the performers are or aren't. The further down the tube site rabbit hole you get, the worse it gets (with the person I mentioned earlier, Traci Lords, being a good example of this).
Actually, most of the tube sites that people actually visit are owned by ONE company, and that company has never been based in the US. Mindgeek/Manwin/Mansef started out as a Canadian company based in Montreal, and then got bought out and moved their headquarters to Europe. Most of the other tube sites out there aren't based in the US either.
If you're on this site, you're part of "you guys." Unless you're some troll from another website, which surely you wouldn't be? No, impossible.Oh no, you guys do ban people for genuinely having bad opinions
While I don't think that's a problem, it IS something ya'll do alot
That is ture, but I don't do the banning and the moderation, so that's why I said "you guys"If you're on this site, you're part of "you guys." Unless you're some troll from another website, which surely you wouldn't be? No, impossible.
This.Using the term in such a broad sense is more damaging than someone jerking it to said porn.
Neither does anybody in that quote chain.That is ture, but I don't do the banning and the moderation, so that's why I said "you guys"
My apologies
The growth and acceptance of incest porn into the mainstream is what upsets me.
I don't think we need to go down the "Actually it's ephebophilia" route.
We are on a gaming site. I personally find all of the Japanese games that have "young looking" women half naked a little repulsive. It seems as if it isn't a big deal at least here. I saw this one game where you were like massaging a woman's legs and boobs. In my head I'm like what is happening. Why is this being developed and who gets off on this. Just my opinion. It's legal then I guess it is what it is.
I'm glad I'm not the only one. I always saw the anime games kind of weird just because of how highly sexualized they are and it seemed no one cared. These developers seem to get off on making these games. I just find it creepy. I hate to be judgemental. I usually just stay away and know those games aren't for me.A lot of people are actually more concerned about that than an industry which is one of the most regulated things in existence (the porn industry).
No mainstream porn producers are doing anything illegal or underage. Games on the other hand because of the veneer of "it's not real people", are depicting literal children or those that pass as children. Then before anyone says, "but some porn actresses look young". Well, you know for a fact they are of age, which is factual elevation from "an artist is just telling you".
Not to mention many games and anime don't even bother to try, they just straight up put 14~15-year-olds into highly sexualized situations.
It really bothers me how you can throw the term pedophilia around like this.
I'm glad I'm not the only one. I always saw the anime games kind of weird just because of how highly sexualized they are and it seemed no one cared. These developers seem to get off on making these games. I just find it creepy. I hate to be judgemental. I usually just stay away and know those games aren't for me.
A U.K. judge has issued a nine-month suspended sentence for a manga fan who admitted to 10 counts of possession of illustrated pictures of fictional characters who looked underage. It's the first such sentence in the country and is being viewed as a test case for prohibited images that fall outside of the traditional definition of child pornography.
The defendant, 39-year-old Robul Hoque, was also convicted in 2008 of a very similar charge of owning digital artwork of what appeared to be underage fictional characters. That case was also the first test case in the U.K. of digital art being held to represent child pornography. In that case as well, the images were deemed to represent underage children despite being illustrations of fictional characters whose ages could not be known.
Hoque's defense attorney Richard Bennet minced no words about what his client's case could mean to other anime fans. "This case should serve as a warning to every Manga and Anime fan to be careful," he said. "It seems there are many thousands of people in this country, if they are less then careful, who may find themselves in that position too."
In Australia, which has a "zero-tolerance" policy for any real or illustrated image of a character who looks underage, a Sydney man was arrested and convicted of possession of child pornography due to erotic Simpsons fanart being found on his computer. Last year in New Zealand, a man who previously had been convicted of sexually assaulting a minor was sentenced to three months in prison for owning erotic illustrated artwork of elves, pixies, and fairies. In China, fans have been jailed just for writing slash fanfic, regardless of the ages of the male characters depicted in the fiction.
And in the U.S., a Virginia man was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2009 in part due to his posession of manga art, while an Iowa man was convicted on an obscenity charge in 2008 for possessing loli art. Both convictions fell under the 2003 PROTECT act, which was created in part to "revise and strengthen the prohibition on 'virtual' child pornography."
I personally take umbrage with the fantasy and illusions that a lot of these barely legal porns perpetuate.It just means 18-25 or something. Why is this a problem or is it the term ppl have issues with?
The growth and acceptance of incest porn into the mainstream is what upsets me.
Not to mention many games and anime don't even bother to try to hide, they just straight up put 14~15-year-olds into highly sexualized situations.
Ooh, telling poll results. Era showing its ass today.
"Barely Legal" is disgusting. You're literally saying "if she were any younger you'd be in jail"
For the record, i think 18 is too young to do porn. You're still in high school. You can't even buy a beer but you can get reemed out on film for worldwide distribution?
Ooh, telling poll results. Era showing its ass today.
"Barely Legal" is disgusting. You're literally saying "if she were any younger you'd be in jail"
For the record, i think 18 is too young to do porn. You're still in high school. You can't even buy a beer but you can get reemed out on film for worldwide distribution?
I love when localizers change the age or just remove it as if that changes the author's intent.
The growth and acceptance of incest porn into the mainstream is what upsets me.
I would say that a lot of people really regret getting into porn and 18 is an age where you make stupid decisions that don't consider or care how you'll be effected in the future.Well, if you want to talk about WW distribution, most people in Europe are College/Uni at 18, and the legal drinking age tends to be 18. Only America is really 21 for alcohol, and that's not even countrywide. I think a few states are 18. The age of 18 is a long considered point of maturity where someone "fully" becomes an adult. It's an arbitrary decision by humanity, yes, but we have tried to use science via biology and psychology to come to this decision.
18 is largely based off an age where full adult ownership is "handed off" to you from the state to do what you want with your body and self. You'd probably find many actresses/actors would object to you saying the state should make porn, what, 21 (or older)? Ironically speaking of College/Uni, quite a few use porn and things like those cam sites to pay for College/Uni.
So a desire to make the age higher than that of many other adult decisions gets you into the ethical embroilment with those that say they want to use their autonomy to make money from the adult industry at such an age. This is probably where intersectional clashes arrive from pro-sex feminists and those that are feminists (male or female) that have a more Conservative outlook around sexual autonomy.
Also this. Spot on.I have nothing against people of legal age engaging in sex work. I have nothing against people of all legal ages finding each other attractive. I've know people with age gaps many on this site would condemn have very positive relationships. This, imo, is not the problem.
The problem is the framing, the "barely legal" aspect. It's encouraging people with desires for underage sex to get a kick from people who appear to be underage. The entire thing feels very creepy, and I don't think appealing to people who want girls who appear underage for their kicks is a healthy thing to do at all.
If you're old enough to fuck, you're old enough to make a living doing it.For the record, i think 18 is too young to do porn. You're still in high school. You can't even buy a beer but you can get reemed out on film for worldwide distribution?
This is ridiculous and is a toxic attitude.There are two types of straight men: Those who find young women (who've gone through puberty) attractive and lying liars who lie.
I would say that a lot of people really regret getting into porn and 18 is an age where you make stupid decisions that don't consider or care how you'll be effected in the future.
Also this. Spot on.
You gonna use this argument for teens who start having sex at 15?If you're old enough to fuck, you're old enough to make a living doing it.