Minimum age for story...

No. That won't fly. His daughter was born when he was 13!
Only according to the original timeline... In chapter 13, at 43 years of age, he travels back in time... Resulting in his oldest daughter-- Enaj's half sister-- being older than he is... Enaj, of course, being conceived in his sixth trip back in time...

:cool:
 
There is a popular story on Literotica involving predominantly high school kids. At the beginning of each chapter, the author notes that all people involved in sex are over 18. This is feasible if all of the characters were seniors who all turned eighteen before the first day of school, but there are several references in the story to characters having had sex the previous year or earlier.

The female MC even describes her first-time sexual experience the previous year, how uncomfortable it was, and her fear that it will influence her future relationships. While her age at the time of her first experience isn't mentioned, it is certainly inferred that she was younger than she is now (18), yet Laurel let it slide.
 
Laurel, and her bots, aren't infallible.

They have to review hundreds of stories a day. If you spot one that breaks the guidelines, use the report function and it will be reviewed again.
 
Laurel, and her bots, aren't infallible.

They have to review hundreds of stories a day. If you spot one that breaks the guidelines, use the report function and it will be reviewed again.
 
There is a popular story on Literotica involving predominantly high school kids. At the beginning of each chapter, the author notes that all people involved in sex are over 18. This is feasible if all of the characters were seniors who all turned eighteen before the first day of school, but there are several references in the story to characters having had sex the previous year or earlier.

The female MC even describes her first-time sexual experience the previous year, how uncomfortable it was, and her fear that it will influence her future relationships. While her age at the time of her first experience isn't mentioned, it is certainly inferred that she was younger than she is now (18), yet Laurel let it slide.
Mentioning that a character had sex before 18 is allowed; my first story had some kind of "Grandma got pregnant at sixteen", and Laurel was fine with that.

Graphic description of under-18 sex is not, but if the age is only indicated indirectly, that might have been missed in moderation. If somebody reports that kind of things and points to the relevant passages, it'd probably get taken down.
 
A story of mine-- which sat in the Humor collection, and was viewed bi-weekly for a decade-- about high school seniors who turned 18 in November sitting through a mandatory, graphic, and often technically incorrect, sex ed class in early December (because the district wouldn't allow minors to attend)... then picking up their toddlers and infants at the school's day-care was taken down. I was told for being "too political."
 
Mentioning that a character had sex before 18 is allowed; my first story had some kind of "Grandma got pregnant at sixteen", and Laurel was fine with that.

Graphic description of under-18 sex is not, but if the age is only indicated indirectly, that might have been missed in moderation. If somebody reports that kind of things and points to the relevant passages, it'd probably get taken down.
The female MC's description was pretty graphic, but since someone would have to do the math to figure out her age at the time...
 
The female MC's description was pretty graphic, but since someone would have to do the math to figure out her age at the time...
Polls show that most people have pretty bad math skills.

One said that 57% of people couldn't consistently perform basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

57%... that's almost half!

(rimshot)
 
Polls show that most people have pretty bad math skills.

One said that 57% of people couldn't consistently perform basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

57%... that's almost half!

(rimshot)
I had trouble with one of my stories Earth to Earth. The plotline included a couple having to leave a conservative Welsh Village because the wife had a baby several months earlier than 9 months after the wedding. I had linked the story to historical events and in the first draft I worked out that to fit with other events the wife must have been 13 at the time when I had intended 19. Perhaps readers might not have had the math to work that out but I felt I couldn't submit it with that anomaly.

I had to draw up a timeline to ensure that all the pregnancies were Lit-legal. It took several edits to get the dates right.
 
While I understand the guidelines and the reason behind them it still bothers me since there is so much sexual activity between minors and between minors and adults in popular tv, movies and media. One mainstream tv show stands out, Law and Order SVU.
 
I hope I'm posting in the right place....

I have a story I have written/started that takes place in the 1800's (pre-civil war time). The story involves a girl who is ALMOST 16.... I know Lit has rules about posting about minors, but during this time, the age of consent was younger than 16. Would I be allowed to share a story of a 15.75 year old girl in a sexual situation? I could easily change it to make her 16 at the time, but then that would mean changing her "Sweet 16" party later to a "Sweet 17". I had a friend in the UK who insisted he would not read it unless I made her 16.... Thoughts?
Anything below the number 18 is off limits. Just change the age to "Sweet 18" and go with the story. Even if a girl might be a grandmother at that period of history.
 
While I understand the guidelines and the reason behind them it still bothers me since there is so much sexual activity between minors and between minors and adults in popular tv, movies and media. One mainstream tv show stands out, Law and Order SVU.
But this isn't network TV, Cable TV, or movies. This is Literotica, and it is owned by people that have banned underage sex stories. And no amount of complaining has ever made a difference with the rule.
 
But this isn't network TV, Cable TV, or movies. This is Literotica, and it is owned by people that have banned underage sex stories. And no amount of complaining has ever made a difference with the rule.
Like I said I understand why the restrictions exist. I was just pointing out that underage themes are very prevalent in mainstream entertainment.

The site owners need to protect themselves even if it inconveniences us to a minor degree.

I remember going to the movie theater to watch one of the Lolita movies, Anne and I got up and left because we found it disgusting.
 
While I understand the guidelines and the reason behind them it still bothers me since there is so much sexual activity between minors and between minors and adults in popular tv, movies and media. One mainstream tv show stands out, Law and Order SVU.
It is Lit's rule, about the only one they try to enforce.

Any sexual activity before age 18 - the story will be rejected.

We all know sex happens before 18, but NOT on Literotica.
 
I doubt there's a single author here who hasn't had a story idea that involved under-age sex, and either not written it, or posted it elsewhere than Literotica.

I've read a few father daughter stories here where although the daughter's age is either unmentioned or explicitly referred to as 18+, based on the way she's written, she's barely pubescent.

I've written a short story about Lewis Carroll, based on the missing pages in his diary, which were written about the the same time as his very erotic poem "Stolen Waters" (https://classic-literature.co.uk/lewis-carroll-stolen-waters-poem/). I'm convinced that Stolen Waters was based on an actual experience with Alice's older sister, Lorina. I wish I could submit that story here, but Lorina was 15 at the time, and I'm not about to change her age to get it to pass muster here.
 
I accept the 'no under age 18' rule but it does throw up two anomalies:

1. In Literotica land, no-one under the age of 18 has ever experimented, had sex or even kissed another person.

2. Why is the mention of such an occurrence taboo, yet probably 75% of the stories on the site involve incest? It seems odd that mentioning two seventeen-years-olds kissing is viewed as a heinous crime, whereas a father having sex with his daughter is deemed perfectly okay.
 
I accept the 'no under age 18' rule but it does throw up two anomalies:

1. In Literotica land, no-one under the age of 18 has ever experimented, had sex or even kissed another person.

2. Why is the mention of such an occurrence taboo, yet probably 75% of the stories on the site involve incest? It seems odd that mentioning two seventeen-years-olds kissing is viewed as a heinous crime, whereas a father having sex with his daughter is deemed perfectly okay.

This is not quite accurate. It's OK to mention in passing that your over-18 character lost their virginity under the age of 18. You just cannot go into any detail.

The point of the rule is that it's clear. It may not always make strict sense, but because it makes 18 a hard line it's relatively easy to administer. That's the point. The Site doesn't want to be making tricky judgment calls all the time, because you know that if they relaxed the rule that's exactly what they would have to deal with.

Over 18 father-daughter involves consenting parties. That's simple. If one of the parties is under 18, they are legally below the age of consent.
 
Flipping the order of your question.
2. Why is the mention of such an occurrence taboo, yet probably 75% of the stories on the site involve incest? It seems odd that mentioning two seventeen-years-olds kissing is viewed as a heinous crime, whereas a father having sex with his daughter is deemed perfectly okay.

The very simple answer is that child pornography is a very serious problem on the Internet, one that many government and non-governmental organizations, newspapers, hosting services, credit-card companies and such like take a very keen interest in. Whatever the free speech issues involved, those who run Literotica have decided that they don't want to be found anywhere within a hundred miles of being associated with this issue.

Consenting-parties Incest, while still taboo and illegal in most places, doesn't get generate nearly the same amount of controversy.

And as Simon says, it's easier to enforce completely clear rules than it is to allow wiggle room. Hell, even with these rules, we had one thread here a while ago asking if is was okay for his heroine (born just after midnight EST) to travel from the USA to Australia so that on the day of eighteenth birthday she could technically be twenty hours younger than eighteen and if that would pass for publication.

I accept the 'no under age 18' rule but it does throw up two anomalies:

1. In Literotica land, no-one under the age of 18 has ever experimented, had sex or even kissed another person.

There is a special kind of (usually) heroine in Literotica stories who is sweet, innocent and virginal until the clock strikes midnight on her eighteenth birthday, but by the time the last of those chimes has faded into silence will have done things that would make the CEO of PornHub blush. Those kind of stories do have a weird LitLand vibes to them (but people still seem to like them, so hey...).

But if you want to write semi-realistic stories, just start with your characters being eighteen and a half or older and mention they've had some experience, but be vague enough that these events could have happened over the past six months or a reasonable person could infer that they'd been going on for a while longer than that and you should be fine.
 
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😂 Well, if the entire lot is aged in new American oak barrels it gets that way, especially if you’re talking white wine.

I worked in a Napa Valley cellar for several years where we blended lots from different barrels to avoid the astringency of new American oak. Sauvignon Blanc got it the worst and it was much less of an issue with the French oak, but more importantly to the topic of this thread - the problem went away once the barrels themselves were properly aged. ;)
For bourbon and other whiskeys, or whisky's, the inside of the oak barrel is charred, which gives a smokey flavor and other hints while reducing or eliminating astringency. At least that's what a shinner told me. Quality, aged shine can be purchased at reasonable prices in Southeastern Oklahoma, better than Tennessee's or Kentucky's finest. We also have legitimate wine production in the state, go Sooners (do better next year).
 
I addressed this in one of my stories. Just because our characters can't have any described sexual activity until they're 18+, doesn't mean they don't know the mechanics -- as indeed, any young person worth his or her salt will know.

As one of my female leads said, "[We] had The Talk in fifth grade, and took biology in ninth."
 
I addressed this in one of my stories. Just because our characters can't have any described sexual activity until they're 18+, doesn't mean they don't know the mechanics -- as indeed, any young person worth his or her salt will know.

As one of my female leads said, "[We] had The Talk in fifth grade, and took biology in ninth."
They can have had sexual activity as long as it's not described in any detail and couldn't be construed as erotic.

Eg "he pointed at the cards I'd got for my 18th last week." ... "Bluntly, I'd had unpleasant sexual experiences a few years before, but didn't want to talk to him about it."

Or "I left school at sixteen. ... Before that, I'd kissed a few girls and lost my virginity because you kinda had to."
 
I accept the 'no under age 18' rule but it does throw up two anomalies:

1. In Literotica land, no-one under the age of 18 has ever experimented, had sex or even kissed another person.

The guidance around this is confusing, but that's not the way it actually works. There's no obligation to pretend everybody is a virgin until 18, you just can't get into detail. Mentioning that Mama got pregnant at sixteen is fine, describing that scene is not.

Flipping the order of your question.


The very simple answer is that child pornography is a very serious problem on the Internet, one that many government and non-governmental organizations, newspapers, hosting services, credit-card companies and such like take a very keen interest in. Whatever the free speech issues involved, those who run Literotica have decided that they don't want to be found anywhere within a hundred miles of being associated with this issue.

That, and the rising use of phony allegations of "grooming" as a political tactic, which has led to serious threats of physical violence and even armed attacks on infrastructure. I expect Laurel and Manu would quite like not to be murdered by those types, and enforcing the age limit makes it a lot harder for Certain Folk to paint Literotica as a haven for "groomers".

Literotica has something like five million past and present members. On the odds, several dozen of those people will be murderers, child molesters, and what-have-you; there's been at least one case where a murderer's Literotica reading habits made the papers. It's understandable that Literotica would want to avoid being blamed when such people surface.
 
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