Attached Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_consent#_note-waites

Here's another Wikipedia link.

The age of legal consent when the United States was founded in 1776 was 10 years old.  Over time, the abuses which this condition allowed became abundantly clear: and a lot of so-called "moral crusaders" made it their object to raise the age.  Children in the US (and in the UK) can now enjoy the protections which have been granted them by the efforts of those 19th-century "moral crusaders".  There are those around these days who would like nothing better than to turn back the clock on this.....hopefully they'll get nowhere.

It's impossible to judge an issue like this -- or images like these -- in any way other than what the admins here have done.  Artistic value notwithstanding.  It's subjective.  It has to be -- by its very nature.  Sure, in real life someone can be 21 & look 12 -- I've known people like that.  But for the purposes of gallery posts of 3D images: that's irrelevant.  3D characters are, by their very nature, of subjective age.  So of necessity it's a subjective call.  In the virtual world, a figure that "looks 12" is 12.  Not 21.

IMO, given current conditions -- the admins have done about the best that they can with this.

BTW -- most porn sites don't allow the posting of ANY images of children -- even in non-sexual situations.  Posting nude images of children on pretty much any of the Poser-releated adult sites is one of the few ways to quickly get into Big Trouble on those same sites.  At the very least: it'll lead to an instant banning.

I've never understood why Rendo (or several other of the major Poser-related websites -- all of which have similar rules re:this subject to Rendo's) should be required to allow material which will get someone instantly banned from a porn site.  Perhaps the suggestion will be made that the purpose of a hardcore porn site is different.  Well, the purpose of Rendo is different, too.  Naked kids aren't allowed here.

IMO, Renderosity made the right call with this one.  And I applaud them for sticking to their guns on the topic.

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