Okay, so, he’s sixteen but

[AlinaX]

Started reading a story. 19yo girl leaves door open so whole household can hear her doing the whatever, including 16yo brother who has to call her ‘mistress’.

I, ah, hmm.

 

[lc69hunter]

Started reading a story. 19yo girl leaves door open so whole household can hear her doing the whatever, including 16yo brother who has to call her ‘mistress’.

I, ah, hmm.

On LIT? How did that ever get past the mods?

 

[pntyhseluvr]

Make him 18 and it’s hot. At 16 it’s a hard no

 

[WittyUserName]

Started reading a story. 19yo girl leaves door open so whole household can hear her doing the whatever, including 16yo brother who has to call her ‘mistress’.

I, ah, hmm.

If it's on Lit, I'd report it to Laurel. That shouldn't have gotten posted.

 

[NotWise]

Started reading a story. 19yo girl leaves door open so whole household can hear her doing the whatever, including 16yo brother who has to call her ‘mistress’.

I, ah, hmm.

Does calling her mistress constitute a sexual act? Is it arousing for the reader?

I'm not sure calling her 'mistress' triggers the rule unless there's something more explicit.

 

[TheRedChamber]

These things slip through. There was a story I saw a couple of years back where the clearly over 18 MC was getting bullied by the sports coach and ended up emailing a photo of his tiny penis 'to all the teachers and students' at the high school in revenge.

Um, no. Report it.

 

[SimonDoom]

Does calling her mistress constitute a sexual act? Is it arousing for the reader?

I'm not sure calling her 'mistress' triggers the rule unless there's something more explicit.

Of course it does. Why have a 16 year old calling his sister mistress? It's obviously meant to titillate. Therefore it crosses the line. It's not a close call.

 

[Bramblethorn]

Does calling her mistress constitute a sexual act? Is it arousing for the reader?

I'm not sure calling her 'mistress' triggers the rule unless there's something more explicit.

Previously the line has been that minors witnessing sexual activity ("hear her doing the whatever") is out of bounds.

These things slip through. There was a story I saw a couple of years back where the clearly over 18 MC was getting bullied by the sports coach and ended up emailing a photo of his tiny penis 'to all the teachers and students' at the high school in revenge.

Although, in the average Lit high school everybody's over 18.

 

[TiberiusPrime]

Does calling her mistress constitute a sexual act? Is it arousing for the reader?

I'm not sure calling her 'mistress' triggers the rule unless there's something more explicit.

Whether it does or not, he's not 18 and the story shouldn't have been posted. If only to err on the safe side of caution.

 

[TiberiusPrime]

Although, in the average Lit high school everybody's over 18.

I was 18 in my senior year. My birthday fell about 2 weeks later than the cut off for when I should've been attending kindergarten and for the rest of my schooling I was always the oldest in my class for 6 months (i.e. 18 vs 17).

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Does calling her mistress constitute a sexual act? Is it arousing for the reader?

I'm not sure calling her 'mistress' triggers the rule unless there's something more explicit.

Are you aware of any other common use of the term?

Maybe in a strict school, but that would be Head Mistress.

 

[NotWise]

Previously the line has been that minors witnessing sexual activity ("hear her doing the whatever") is out of bounds.

Although, in the average Lit high school everybody's over 18.

The OP doesn't say or even imply that a sexual act was performed or witnessed.

Of course it does. Why have a 16 year old calling his sister mistress? It's obviously meant to titillate. Therefore it crosses the line. It's not a close call.

He lost a bet, so he has to call her 'mistress.' Do you want me to speculate more?

Without more to go on, this doesn't sound to me like a rejection.

 

[TheRedChamber]

I was 18 in my senior year. My birthday fell about 2 weeks later than the cut off for when I should've been attending kindergarten and for the rest of my schooling I was always the oldest in my class for 6 months (i.e. 18 vs 17).

To be clear, while the author might not have meant this, the simple inference was all students in the high school which Google says is 14-18 in the US.

 

[SimonDoom]

The OP doesn't say or even imply that a sexual act was performed or witnessed.


He lost a bet, so he has to call her 'mistress.' Do you want me to speculate more?

Without more to go on, this doesn't sound to me like a rejection.

The relevant test here is whether it's reasonable to suppose that some readers will be turned on by a 16 year old saying "mistress" to his sister, regardless of all other circumstances in the story. The obvious answer to that question is "yes." Therefore it doesn't pass go. That's all you need to know.

 

[SimonDoom]

To be clear, I don't personally care. I wouldn't report it and it doesn't bother me. But based on everything we know and have noodled over about the Site's position on this issue over the years, this seems like a clear "fail."

 

[NotWise]

The relevant test here is whether it's reasonable to suppose that some readers will be turned on by a 16 year old saying "mistress" to his sister, regardless of all other circumstances in the story. The obvious answer to that question is "yes." Therefore it doesn't pass go. That's all you need to know.

Obviously, I disagree. Implied underage sex is a gray area in the rule. The line has been drawn in the past to allow sex that's implied but not described. If the story doesn't contain anything more explicit, then I don't see that there's a problem.

It would help clear the gray area if the story provided a non-sexual explanation for why he calls her 'mistress.'

 

[AlinaX]

The OP doesn't say or even imply that a sexual act was performed or witnessed.

Later, her mother complained that everyone had heard her [masturbating].

 

[AlinaX]

 

[SimonDoom]

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The link wasn't working . . .

 

[AlinaX]

Works for me. If you see three sixteens, it works for you too.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

That's a link to your thread here, not to the story. Not even a link, just a screenshot.


Probably not a good idea to link to the story anyways. Could be seen as what some sites call 'brigading'.

 

[AlinaX]

It was a screenshot showing sixteen replies sixteen minutes ago, thus three sixteens.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

How popular is this author?

Asking out of curiosity, because a year or so ago, I mentioned a then-fresh story from a popular author where a mother is breastfeeding her baby and doing sex-talk over the phone simultaneously. In the same story, she is also having (loud) sex while her baby is in another room, but she would stop for a moment to listen if the baby was crying or something and not over the baby monitor, which implies that the baby would be able to hear the sounds of her having sex as well.

These things clearly happen, and I don't really care if it's intentional or not. But I'm curious whether the popularity of an author plays a role.

 

[Gamblnluck]

Started reading a story. 19yo girl leaves door open so whole household can hear her doing the whatever, including 16yo brother who has to call her ‘mistress’.

I, ah, hmm.

I'd like to read the story. To see how it might have passed the moderators.

 

[SimonDoom]

How popular is this author?

Asking out of curiosity, because a year or so ago, I mentioned a then-fresh story from a popular author where a mother is breastfeeding her baby and doing sex-talk over the phone simultaneously. In the same story, she is also having (loud) sex while her baby is in another room, but she would stop for a moment to listen if the baby was crying or something and not over the baby monitor, which implies that the baby would be able to hear the sounds of her having sex as well.

These things clearly happen, and I don't really care if it's intentional or not. But I'm curious whether the popularity of an author plays a role.

I think that's a very different situation from a 16 year old boy saying "mistress." The baby is a completely unaware passive participant in the scene. A 16 year old boy saying "mistress" is undeniably erotic. I remember the discussion we had over the story you mentioned earlier. That's a harder case than this one, which is not hard at all.