Are people still bitching about consenting adults roleplaying as being younger? I'm just wondering, cause that seems pretty goddamn stupid and I keep seeing shit about it.
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“i consume media of toddlers in sexual situations but its ok because theyre Really An Adult™” just doesn’t fly with me
We're on two different issues to some extent here. People who engage in age play outside of this fandom don't tend to typically have CP on hand. Their attraction is to other adults, not to children. If we're arguing about the whole "drawn minors in sexual situations" thing /1
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we're gonna have a completely different discussion, and one that we'll likely agree on.
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ok i’m glad we agree on that. i just.. can’t wrap my head around why sexual underage roleplay and art/writing would be any different, but maybe i’m missing something
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We need to differentiate the "art/writing" aspect from the type that only supports prurient interests first, because even taboo topics can have serious literary or artistic merit. The distinction is a risk of harm and interest. While I can fully agree that the concept of /1
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age play can be distasteful (I don't get it myself), there is a different between adults doing something between adults and only seeking adults and someone seeking out actual children. Additionally, there have been psychological studies done of the kink, and most of them /2
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have tended to link age play back to a form of Submissive/Dominant relationship control, where the idea is to give up control to the partner, and the age play where one partner is infantilized is an aspect of that. Sexuality is weird.
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Sidenote: "Serious Literary and Artistic Merit" would be things like books exploring the effect of sexual abuse, not glorifying it, that include a scene of it.
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