The fear of child avatars

iCade · October 13, 2013

It seems I have given the impression of frequenting adult sex places a lot. That is not the case at all, and when I very seldomly do that were not the situations where I was told I looked like a teen/child!

Just to clear that up.

Perrie Juran · October 13, 2013

iCade wrote:

It seems I have given the impression of frequenting adult sex places a lot. That is not the case at all, and when I very seldomly do

that were not the situations where I was told I looked like a teen/child

!

Just to clear that up.

My bad for making making that assumption. Easy to do in the context of this thread and the subject in general because of how often it comes up in the Forum.

No matter where we go or what we do we will always deal with our self perception, how we think we look, and the perception of others, how they think we look.

jujmental · October 13, 2013

Order in Court!

I have been away for a while because I was annoyed that a famous (for not being rude to someone, probably for the only time in his life) philosophical quote by Oscar WIlde was considered to be inappropriate comment.

I have, following extensive cognitive behavioral therapy, now recovered my sangfroid, and I shall, for the near future at least, be sitting in judgment on issues presented in these forums.

Accordingly, I have reviewed the cases made for and against the OPs thesis, and find:

On the charge that there is a fear of child avatars: NOT GUILTY. Obiter dicta - Nobody is scared of kids in SL or anywhere.

On the charge that there exists hatred of child avatars: GUILTY. Obiter dicta - But only by a minority

The Judge

Amethyst Jetaime · October 13, 2013

iCade wrote:

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But for the record, I have never seen a teen with double D's Amethyst, not sure how frequent breast implants are in other parts of germany but where I live I don't know anyone, never mind a teen who has them and I am paying attention lol. x3

I live in the US. While I don't see them everywhere I do see them frequently and they are not breast implants.

I have a niece I took in and raised from the time she was 7 because her parents became disabled and were not able to. At the age of 11 she blossomed seemingly overnight one summer. In June she looked like a little girl but by early August I had to buy her a new bathing suit because she grew and developed so fast that the kids bathing suit I bought her in June was exposing too much for a young girl. Even with her new very modest new suit, when we went to the pool she was turning all the male heads because she looked like a very well endowed young woman and was strikingly beautiful. She really was uncomfortable with that too and thought it creepy that grown men, who she thought of as old fossils, were staring at her like that. I had to tell more than one man my age to roll his tongue back in, that she was only 11. Thus began the very difficult battle, that lasted through her teens, of finding her age appropriate clothing that didn't make her look like a porn star in a fantasy school girl outfit. It was extremely difficult, to say the least!

Nielso · October 13, 2013

This is exactly the problem though.

Person A: ''Thats a teen avatar''

Person B: ''Are you blind? I'm a young adult''

You cannot draw the line very clearly between what is a teen avatar and what is not. Since we all don't want to look like 30, 40 or 50+ year old men and women I think people should not make such a big issue about it.

So an avatar appears to look in his late teens (17, 18, 19). So what? Age is only a number though and I know many adults who look old but behave like a 10 year old brat.

Sephina Frostbite · October 13, 2013

Nielso wrote:

This is exactly the problem though.

Person A: ''Thats a teen avatar''

Person B: ''Are you blind? I'm a young adult''

You cannot draw the line very clearly between what is a teen avatar and what is not. Since we all don't want to look like 30, 40 or 50+ year old men and women I think people should not make such a big issue about it.

So an avatar appears to look in his late teens (17, 18, 19). So what? Age is only a number though and I know many adults who look old but behave like a 10 year old brat.

Problem isnt whether the person looks like there 17 ish. The problem is the sexual content. Its not allowed as it should be. It happens yes but people should be in the habbit of asking how old a person is if there avi looks iffy. Yes I do know people lie but it gets your ars(e) off the hook. I only met one child avi in my +3 years in sl and it wasnt good. They wanted a mom son thing if you get my drift. Heck no. I dont care what a person is in sl honestly, I just dont want to hang out with a child avi. I like someone I can have a conversation with that I learn from. But thats just my humble opinion.

Aislin Ceawlin · October 14, 2013

iCade wrote:

Syo Emerald wrote:

Its not the eyes. Infact, I love to see some avatar that hasn't these squishy small eyes that scream "hey, look how hard and sexy I look!" I think its more the hair, combined with the skin that makes her look more like a teen and the clothes add to that first feeling. Its never just one thing that makes the look. For example, I have an alt, who has a smiliar skin and still she just looks cute, but not like a teen.

And to cheer you up ICade, in your forum picture I think your avatar looks like an adult

Lol! Ironically, I wear a knit sweater and then a dancing outfit and my avi looks like a teen but when I bring out my Cupcake Dress and funky hair I look like an adult

I agree, the skin coupled with the hair seems to be giving that impression.

I'll keep that style for some of my avatars, I just think she's cute as a button and love it that way

But thanks for the responses, I understand it a bit better now how people draw that conclusion.

Thankfully I don't go to adult places often at all, only to fish and some stores so it's not an issue. And I apologise for having come off as rude when I stated that you have to dress a certain way to look like an adult, I wasn't thinking at all when I typed that >.<

I sat down earlier, grabbed one of my glam affair skins and made a shape and hopefully successfully created a thoroughly adult looking avatar

But for the record, I have never seen a teen with double D's Amethyst, not sure how frequent breast implants are in other parts of germany but where I live I don't know anyone, never mind a teen who has them and I am paying attention lol. x3

The bold portion is what I am responding to; (Giving away my age range here...lol) I have an ex-step daughter (who I am still very close to) who at he age of 11 started developing at a vey rapid rate. By 16, she was having o buy extremely expensive, and some custom made bras. The poor kid was way overendowed, passing DD's. I still feel sorry for her, and the health issues it causes for her (back pain). She would be an excellent candidate for reduction. You see it more and more these days with all of the growth hormones added to food. :matte-motes-confused:

Dresden Ceriano · October 14, 2013

I'm not entirely convinced that food additives are to blame for the phenomenon which you describe. Way back in the early 80's, when I was in high school, we had very well endowed girls, as well. Although admittedly, it was the well endowed boys to which I paid the most attention.

...Dres

Alicia Sautereau · October 14, 2013

iCade wrote:

Seems like we german's aren't blessed (cursed?) with huge **bleep**.

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Better to have a brain then curse gravity by the age of 40 ^^

It`s the same as you see inworld with the mesh attachements *no comment*

The only way to know if it`s a teen or adult is to have a short chat that is longer then the general "Hi, how are you?" or "No teens allowed, you`re banned!" and combine that with their profile to come to a conclusion.

Ofcourse, it`s SL and you might aswell just have an argument if a person is a human or furry, ofcourse he`s a furry because there are no furries in real life. */ducks*

Perrie Juran · October 14, 2013

iCade wrote:

Seems like we german's aren't blessed (cursed?) with huge **bleep**.

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You mean all these pictures I see every October aren't real?

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And especially

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Alicia Sautereau · October 14, 2013

Need a towel Perrie? :matte-motes-wink-tongue:

Sephina Frostbite · October 14, 2013

Aislin Ceawlin wrote: