Kind of important

[furrygirl]

Originally Posted by DJilla

BUT its disingenuous to cry about political interference on the one hand and then say on the other ooooo, she "looks" too young. Cripes its not her fault and if she is legal and has appropriate documentation and is sponsored by a reputable site how is it that a WM can feel comfortable with "censoring" her from making an income? If one doesn't have the guts to stand up then one shouldn't be in the business.

Allow me to chime in on this one, since I am a relatively "young-looking" model. I'm 22 now, and I started when I was 18. I've always been fully aware that I look "young", probably because of the small boobs.

I don't like sites that play up pedo lust by making models look as young and possible and selling that angle in their text.

So, what's a "young-looking" gal who wants to make porn to do?

I never have used the words teen or young on my site. (I only mention my age once, on my bio page.) I don't do school girl or teddy bear sorts of shoots. I don't trade traffic with teen sites. My site does not look like a hearts-and-flowers-and-ponies teen site. (It was originally purple, gray, and pink, but I changed the design over to shades of blue, in part to look less "teen"-ish.) I am very quick to correct any viewer who asks in cam shows or email if I am a teen, and tell him I'm not into pedophilia (or hebephilia). I go out of my way to tell people I'm not a teen. If I get emails from affiliates asking about "teen Furry Girl", I tell them I do not run a teen site and I don't try to convert on teen traffic. It might not be perfect, but feel like I'm doing a pretty good job with not hyper-fetishing young g*rls.

And, I just handed down a rule for my affiliates that they are no longer allowed to sell me as "young" or on any sort of age angle. (It's something that's irritated me for ages, but since the webmasters selling me as a teen weren't even converting well/at all, I figured it wasn't worth my time policing.) I can't really blame affiliates who are all over the "young" thing, though, since as a whole, the entertainment/adult/fashion industries are all obsessed with sexy l*ttle girls, and Joe Schmoe affiliate is just following suit.

So, I do believe it is entirely possible to be a young-looking model and not be the next Little April. You don't have to wear pigtails and have stuffed animals on your bed. You don't have to use "teen" and "young" in your screen names and domains. It's a choice, and not all of us choose to portray ourselves as 14 year olds.

[MrYum]

Yep, maybe just a skosh hostile DJ...but gotta admit...you are passionate in your views

I'm much like Moby...my PERSONAL choices have nothing to do with a wish to censor anyone else. I will not promote nor do I list anything that 'I think' makes the girl look too young. And I don't promote or list anything that's overtly degrading or abusive to women. Those are my personal choices based on my own values.

Do I think some of those things are bad for the business and the appearance they portray of us to the mainstream...yes, I do. But, it's not my job to police what others do...it's my job to police my own actions based on who I want to see in the mirror in the morning

[DJilla]

Originally Posted by MrYum

Yep, maybe just a skosh hostile DJ...but gotta admit...you are passionate in your views

Re: Hostile sounding! Didn't mean to be hostle, was just pissed I didn't win that dumb contest!