Ban Child Avatars Being Used for Sexual Purposes

Thanks for taking my post and editing it without noting what you were doing. I'm sure even the posters here how dislike me might think that is out of line.

In terms of "furries," I don't understand that but furries don't exist in real life... I would argue that yes, anyone who is fantasizing about having sex with a furry for some reason other than being funny, would probably get off on having sex with a person dressed in a furry costume. Do you disagree?

Oh wait... not that I recall, there was a show on HBO that featured adults dressed in furry costumes having sex... so yes, it does lead to that.

Thanks, Taco, for so admirably illustrating the slippery slope.

What makes you think this is the only place I am active on this issue? I am doing all I can to promote this cause and to help laws be written that make virtual child pornography as illegal as real child pornography.

These posts give journalists and lawmakers the ability to quickly get caught up on the debate itself and shows an insight into the problem.

Obviously I will be attacked by paedophiles here who are concerned that my ideas will be taken seriously and someone will make it illegal for them to continue their behaviors but I'm fine with fighting the good fight here and anywhere else I see the need.

Organizations like Perverted Justice already use chat rooms and the like to catch paedophiles engaging in their behaviors and SL is ripe for such action.

What lawmaker out there on either side of the isle will be afraid of making the statement, "I believe that emerging technologies that allow paedophiles to create child avatars to engage in virtual child rape scenerios is a problem that needs to be addressed?"

It's one of those issues that all sane people will support and all sick minds will fight against.

Yes, just like in RL, stopping child sexual abuse is difficult and the laws are hard to enforce because of the nature of the problem. It is always difficult to stop crimes from being committed but that doesn't mean we stop using community standards to write sane laws that are designed to protect the most vulnerable among us.

Yes, there are not supposed to be children in SL, but SL players don't only live in SL, they are in homes were in many cases children reside.

ped·o·phil·i·a (pd-fl-, pd-)
n.
The act or fantasy on the part of an adult of engaging in sexual activity with a child or children.

(The Free Dictionary)

The American Psychiatric Association defines Pedophilia:

A pedophile is a person who over at least a 6 month period has recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child or children (age 13 years or younger).


Definition

Pedophilia is a paraphilia that involves an abnormal interest in children. A paraphilia is a disorder that is characterized by recurrent intense sexual urges and sexually arousing fantasies generally involving: nonhuman objects; the suffering or humiliation of oneself or one's partner (not merely simulated); or animals, children, or other nonconsenting persons. Pedophilia is also a psychosexual disorder in which the fantasy or actual act of engaging in sexual activity with prepubertal children is the preferred or exclusive means of achieving sexual excitement and gratification. It may be directed toward children of the same sex or children of the other sex. Some pedophiles are attracted to both boys and girls. Some are attracted only to children, while others are attracted to adults as well as to children.

Pedophilia is defined by mental health professionals as a mental disorder, but the American legal system defines acting on a pedophilic urge as a criminal act.
(Minddisorder.com)

Definition of Pedophilia

Pedophilia: People with pedophilia have fantasies, urges or behaviors that involve illegal sexual activity with a prepubescent child or children (generally age 13 years or younger).

(Medterms.com)

So by definition, anyone fantasizing about sex with a person 13 or under (child avatars) is a pedophile.

Pretend you are something else but the definitions are the same no matter where you look... Calling it "age play" or not, if it includes sexual fantasy and a child, it is pedophilia.

Oh wait... not that I recall, there was a show on HBO that featured adults dressed in furry costumes having sex... so yes, it does lead to that.

Nope. Pretty good point, actually.



So, you get your views on reality from a show on HBO?

Thanks for taking my post and editing it without noting what you were doing. I'm sure even the posters here how dislike me might think that is out of line.

In terms of "furries," I don't understand that but furries don't exist in real life... I would argue that yes, anyone who is fantasizing about having sex with a furry for some reason other than being funny, would probably get off on having sex with a person dressed in a furry costume. Do you disagree?

Oh wait... not that I recall, there was a show on HBO that featured adults dressed in furry costumes having sex... so yes, it does lead to that.

Satire is always welcome... it took me about two seconds to know what Taco was about.

As for the furs. I was on furry muds and furcadia for quite a while. Why? Because kitties are nifty and if I could be any animal, I'd be a cat, a purple cat. Soft and fluffy and snuggly... with naps and human servants... I'm a fish in SL (which is a furry or not, depending on the source) for various reasons.

Never felt the urge to don a cat costume and go diddle someone. And I will state again for the record that I feel no complusion towards Shamu.

so if there's no sexual fantasy its not perverted and age play is just fine in that case .... right?

Yes, correct, it is not paedophilia if you are just pretending to be a child playing with a fire truck or something... it's a little strange, but it isn't paedophilia.

So, you get your views on reality from a show on HBO?

I saw a show on HBO that featured clown sex. That doesn't mean that everyone who likes clowns wants to have sex with them or that everyone who is a clown is a pervert looking to get his or her rocks off. You really need to get a grip Bella.

ok so ... like... 90% of the people you see in SL doing the age play thing are not doing it for the sexxors!!!

Good come back...

Do you want more reading on the furry fetish?

Is Vanity Fair a better source?

PLEASURES OF THE FUR

Welcome to the world of "furries": the thousands of Americans who've gotten in touch with their inner raccoon, or wolf, or fox. Judging from the Midwest FurFest, this is no hobby. It's sex; it's religion; it's a whole new way of life.
BY GEORGE GURLEY

http://pressedfur.coolfreepages.com/press/vanityfair/

Pretend you are something else but the definitions are the same no matter where you look... Calling it "age play" or not, if it includes sexual fantasy and a child, it is pedophilia.

I saw that too... very disturbing. If you are reading any of my posts rather than just being reactionary, you would know that I am specifically discussiong playing sexual roles. There is nothing wrong with clown sex or furry sex as long as it isn't child sex... but if you are in SL and dressing as a clown to have sex with other clowns, you will likely find the same behavior fun in RL...

Still, the only sexual fantasy we're discussing with any real attention involves an adult roleplaying a child and an adult roleplaying either another child or an adult.

SO technically, it's fantasizing about an adult pretending to be a child, not fantasizing about a child.

So, not pedophilia.

HBO showed crackheads, and I saw how they smoked crack. Are you saying that someone has to personally smoke crack or witness it in person to gather an understanding of the topic?

I just want the trains to run on time and be free of perverts.