Hi I'm a new member just wanted to know if you may talk about characters under the age of 16 in your stories they are not the main characters or anything like that and don't perform sexual activities, but are nude cause they at a nudist resort with their family
Common decency and morals! It is too bad it has to be re-in-forced.
Hang on, now I'm confused. Slipperywhenwet2012 says quote, "No. There should be no mention of naked persons under the age of 16."
Liz's reference to children contradicts that. Bottom line: "Children may be included as characters in a story only if all the above stipulations are met."
So then I read that as saying I can make reference to my daughter 14, My naked daughter stood before me. "What time are leaving Dad, I have to get dressed."
or words to that effect. No sexual reference here. I don't see that as improper, or violating the T&C. Comments please
Seriously, why does this keep coming up? No one under the age of 16 can be portrayed as being sexually active, aware or desirable by themselves or another party.
Doing so caters to pedophiles even if that was not the intent of the author, and opens the site and the author to the risk of being prosecuted by law enforcement officials that care little for the value of artistic liberties.
On a personal note, a well written erotic story is not enhanced by having a person be 14 rather than 16. That may just be my opinion, but take it from me as a reader of erotica. You gain nothing by pushing the age lower.
Lolita is (in my opinion) a well-written erotic story containing a central character who is twelve years of age. I can buy it on Amazon and in almost any reputable bookshop. Bearing that in mind, I think it wise to avoid dubious law enforcement issues and avoid also watering down your point with references to artistic considerations. It's against the site's T & C and so that's it.
In my opinion (though it is worthless as I am powerless):
The word 'naked' could surely be taken from that sentence. If it can't then I would suspect some sexual implication or intention. It may (I haven't read the story, sorry. Yes, perhaps I should. Maybe I will...) foreshadow later events where nakedness is sexual and where the reader is reminded of this (seemingly/apparently) important moment between father and naked daughter.
"If I sign off with pithy quotations, ignore all preceding opinion for I am undoubtedly a fool. And if, after our discourse, I abuse you by proffering my vulgar produce, cast me into the gutter."
Yes, sorry, I understand the signature thingy. I should been more precise: can we lose the adverts from the forum signatures, please? It's tacky, desperate and sad, and, to me, undermines what the person has to say. How can one speak seriously, earnestly and with gravitas and then underline it with a banner to sell some porn one has written? Even here, on a sex story site, it is surely bad taste? Just my opinion.
"If I sign off with pithy quotations, ignore all preceding opinion for I am undoubtedly a fool. And if, after our discourse, I abuse you by proffering my vulgar produce, cast me into the gutter."
Milik said:
"That said, I also respect a persons home when I'm in it, and this home is owned by someone who doesn't wish to be associated with certain types of stories. How can we demand our rights be respected and then curse her for wanting hers to be? I believe in Lush and what it stands for. For that, I'll defend her right to run it her way."
It isn't even about respect. It's about ownership. The owner dictates what the owner wants. It's their space, their time, their money, and their intellectual property. You, as moderators, do as you are told or you are fired (just out of interest, do you get paid or is it an honorary post?), and we, as contributors, follow the rule of law. I'm not being controversial here, merely stating a very reasonable fact. If the rules are don't get on the bus whilst chewing gum, don't be surprised if you are thrown off for doing so; whether the rule is reasonable or not is not for us to decide: we didn't buy the bus.
"If I sign off with pithy quotations, ignore all preceding opinion for I am undoubtedly a fool. And if, after our discourse, I abuse you by proffering my vulgar produce, cast me into the gutter."
Mr Milik, your measured response, as usual, does you great justice.
"If I sign off with pithy quotations, ignore all preceding opinion for I am undoubtedly a fool. And if, after our discourse, I abuse you by proffering my vulgar produce, cast me into the gutter."
Thanks for the comments. I sure opened a can of worms here. I asked (and used an example), because I read (here), two conflicting examples from slipperywhenwet and Liz. I have never used, here or anywhere else, any reference to children or child nudity, but as there were differing opinions, I wanted to know, and am entitled to know, as I'm a member and must abide by the T&C, what the situation was with those opinions. I thank you all for clearing that up. And shylass, thanks for your opinion, but I didn't need a spray!
And I love the 'Nobokov'! It slipped by me on first reading. I like your style!
"If I sign off with pithy quotations, ignore all preceding opinion for I am undoubtedly a fool. And if, after our discourse, I abuse you by proffering my vulgar produce, cast me into the gutter."
Hi Milik_The_Red. Thanks for the email. I hope that clarifies my situation and stand on this subject. If I can't ask a question and get an answer, without my question being misinterpreted, and finger pointing accusation, then I'm in the wrong place. And before everyone starts jumping up and down and saying they weren't accusing me, then sorry, that is my misinterpretation, because that's the way some of it came across, and if it's incorrect, I humbly apologise.
liz and slipperywhenwet, I apologise to you both for involving you in this.
I find this thread very interesting. People are talking about how it’s ok to have a character under the age of 16 if there is no sexual activity. I find this not to be true. I submitted a story that started with the characters youth as it was important to the story. There was nothing even remotely sexual until they were of age. In fact, it was published on a site that has a stricter age limit of 18. Lush rejected the story for mentioning people under the age of 16. Even when I pointed out that there was nothing at all sexual it was still rejected. So what is the true rule?