[Aivey]

Originally Posted by dany blue

To be perfectly honest i think its naive to imagine that people around the age of 13-15 are stupid enough to let themselves be taken advantage of, i may be wrong. If you are on webcam and dont want to do something all you need to do is turn it off.

In this case, you are wrong. Sadly, there -are- people who get themselves manimpulated (I should know, i was one of them) simply because it's not a moral question, but more of a brain washing occurence. Since most subs would do anything to please their doms, they would most likely not have a very clear judgement on what passes the line of right or wrong. Thus, they are blinded, not because they dont know any better, but because they don't realise or see what is happening to them. Or worse, they see it, but trust in their Doms so much they are unable to accept it.




I personally believe that Anjelen has a point. In terms of education, getDare is a wonderful place where younger teens can explore their sexuality a bit more. I think keeping the age limit at 13 is right. 13 year olds are teenagers, and everyone here has been 13 (hopefully). When i was 13, i was curious, horny, dealing with this new found sexuality, and learning about new things sexually. Although I didn't know this site back then, I wish I did. It's not like you can bring up at the dinner table "Hey, mom, i think i might have a thing for bdsm... it turns me on so much..." Teenagers wouldn't bring it up with their peers, and most resort to porn, which is misleading. However, getDare brings about an accepting enviroment for people to learn about themselves and the things they do. Just from participating the site, and sticking with the more respectable users, teenagers can learn a lot more about their sexuality and also learn about what's safe and not.

However, there -are- creepers on this site, and we do need to find a way to keep the contact between minors and creepers to a minimum. Although minors might like to learn about bdsm, being involved in a bdsm -relationship- is a whole new story. My proposed solution to this, is for there to be age restrictions, so that the areas where this site is inappropriate for minors (s/m ads, R-18 stories, bdsm scene room etc.) aren't accessable, this should reduce underage s/m by a sufficient ammount. I am quite sure that people -will- lie about their age, but if they do, they're doing it at their own risk, and the site shouldnt be held responsible in any way.

As for creepers soliciting minors on the chat, there really isn't anything that can be done about it, without having to reduce the gD population by about 20% or so, or by banning people from chatting. I think with the case of people soliciting minors on chat, the best way to go is to educate everyone about the dangers of engaging in things that they aren't ready for and telling people about the warning signs to look out for.