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Sweetupandown · 10-29-2007, 10:49 AM

There's actually a lot of uncertainty about all of the age issues and legal issues for all of the reasons you guys brought up - it's nearly impossible to come up with a uniform code to govern all of it, especially within the slave/master or bdsm rule.

As far as the U.S., regulation is completely specific to your state. In most cases though I think that it would be safe with anyone over 16, especially if the older party is only a few years apart from the younger (e.g. a 19 year old and a 16 year old). If someone like me, however (24/m) , were to screw around with a 16 year old on cam either way (them watching me or vice versa) that is definitely very illegal and definitely something that would be prosecuted. I think in texas the age of consent is 17, some states its 16, and in some cases (with 2 diff. states involved, sometimes) the federal law might apply, it just all depends.

One warning, however - in this genre, free speech will not save you one bit. There is only one kind of free speech that is absolutely protected, and that is political If you're over age and get caught with a minor, YOU CARRY EVERY OUNZE OF LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY! The entire reason that they have ages of consent is to define when a teen is mature enough to volunteer themselves to engage in that kind of behavior. Before that (and this is just how it is, its not whether you agree with it or not) they're strictly off limits pure and simple. You can't blame it on them for lying, you can't blame it on them for initiating it, you're legally responsible for their age and for your actions regardless.

The thing about this site that I think makes it fantastic is the expression and discussion that kids of any age are having. Even though I'm in my early 20s, I had nothing like this when I was in high school so I had to repress it all. Now there are ways we can all talk about it, and I would politely ask everyone to be extremely cautious about the age thing when you start a new slave/master relationship so that all ages can continue to post without the moderators having to shut it down or forcing everyone to have to lie about their age.

10-29-2007, 10:49 AM	#9
Sweetupandown Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tx Posts: 6	It all depends There's actually a lot of uncertainty about all of the age issues and legal issues for all of the reasons you guys brought up - it's nearly impossible to come up with a uniform code to govern all of it, especially within the slave/master or bdsm rule. As far as the U.S., regulation is completely specific to your state. In most cases though I think that it would be safe with anyone over 16, especially if the older party is only a few years apart from the younger (e.g. a 19 year old and a 16 year old). If someone like me, however (24/m) , were to screw around with a 16 year old on cam either way (them watching me or vice versa) that is definitely very illegal and definitely something that would be prosecuted. I think in texas the age of consent is 17, some states its 16, and in some cases (with 2 diff. states involved, sometimes) the federal law might apply, it just all depends. One warning, however - in this genre, free speech will not save you one bit. There is only one kind of free speech that is absolutely protected, and that is political If you're over age and get caught with a minor, YOU CARRY EVERY OUNZE OF LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY! The entire reason that they have ages of consent is to define when a teen is mature enough to volunteer themselves to engage in that kind of behavior. Before that (and this is just how it is, its not whether you agree with it or not) they're strictly off limits pure and simple. You can't blame it on them for lying, you can't blame it on them for initiating it, you're legally responsible for their age and for your actions regardless. The thing about this site that I think makes it fantastic is the expression and discussion that kids of any age are having. Even though I'm in my early 20s, I had nothing like this when I was in high school so I had to repress it all. Now there are ways we can all talk about it, and I would politely ask everyone to be extremely cautious about the age thing when you start a new slave/master relationship so that all ages can continue to post without the moderators having to shut it down or forcing everyone to have to lie about their age.