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Ageplay Ethics
 

Okay, we all want to be decent people, right? So let's be.

     We put a lot of thought into that issue, and how to focus on "Age Play", given the concern out there about kids on the Net, kids and sexuality, etc.

     Like with most things, about a third of that concern is hysterical silliness, about a third is naive glossing-over of a real problem, and the middle third is reasonable and sane, and trying to deal with something that IS a problem.

     Okay... So we're NOT going to give even the remotest suggestion here that any iota of sexuality involving an actual "biokid" is acceptable.

     "So guys... What about the artwork with children in it, all over the place? I see some naughty bits there sometimes... I see some naked bums there! One time, I even read about..."

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     Okay, well, here's our carefully thought-out ethic for Adult Ageplay: We'd love you to consider it, and give us some feedback.

     More than most other alternative relationship-styles, Adult Ageplay has a responsibility to be very clear about some ethical issues: and we face the complication of existing near some easily misunderstood issues.

     Often, descriptions of thoughts, feelings, fantasies, etc, will use pronouns and language that would lead the outsider to assume they refer to a biological child.

     There will be times when remembrances, roleplay, or fantasy material will indicate a persona which IS a minor. It must be made clear, then, that ALL such language refers only to the alter-ego persona, or childhood remembrance, of an ADULT.

     Given the horrid reality that child abuse DOES exist, and does occur in cyberspace, we feel it ethical to understand the sensitivities of those who don't *feel* these things as we do, and can't know how healthy and positive is is for us.

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