Why are underage people were allowed to ask questions & comment in the Sexuality section?

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Few underage are curious about sex & few sext with them.. It would cause problem for both know..
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  • It's a complicated q.

    I think 13 is too low as the entry point for kids on this site. Not all things need to be accessible to all people. This is primarily an adult social site.

    However, the internet is, as of yet, still free and open (mostly, except in some countries), and if kids are going to seek out sensitive information, we have to recognize that that is human nature, part of the maturing process. I'm not sure that young people should be on here, but if they're not on here, there aren't really many other options to get information from adults, without is going the fully sexual route via porn, etc. And that would be extremely inappropriate.

    Then another problem is that some adults are less than ethical, and do have kinks and fetishes, and many users have noted there are pedophiles on this site. So then what? It puts the young innocents at risk. People say "they need to be careful", but it takes time for them to understand how to judge the safe from the unsafe.

    Probably the biggest problem is that any person with a keyboard can create an account here, and simply lie about their age. I'm sure that plays a large part in the endless supply of immature 18-24 pink anon qs. Either people are extremely emotionally and mentally stunted nowadays (which has actually been talked about at great length in psychology and sociology), or there are a ton of liar accounts. And adults talking to kids as if they were young adults... that can be doing damage to these young minds.
    In practicality, I don't see a way around it all. (Except that the site should up the minimum age to something older than 13. Is 18 too old? Maybe. Maybe not.) For now, we the adults need to be the responsible ones, and gauge each user using our own judgement. Forget what the age says. Read the words. They are often very telling.

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  • It's because this site is +13. But I think it's mainly because teenagers in general may be questioning their sexuality and might be curious about sex and sexual activities if they're very young (13-15 yr. olds). Not just that but sometimes there are questions that aren't asked in sex ed because they weren't discussed, so they might be asking for that reason too. It's ok if adults answer the questions but what isn't ok is if they answer perversely or perv on the underage individual (which is what you mean and are very concerned of). There definitely should be something to keep them safe at least on this site. But sometimes the problem is some adults don't look at the age of the person they're sending messages to and I think those adults need to start doing that. I know some sites similar to G@G have banned adults from messaging underage users. Not sure if the same should be for here or not. Either that or we have mods looking at the comments and deleting any perverse comments towards the underage. But that's all I can think of.

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  • Because underage people have sex. Of course you could always have a policy to keep them ignorant. If they are going to have sex, I'd rather have them be informed and uninformed. Not that the info they get at GaG is high quality, but it's probably a lot better than what they get otherwise.

    I do NOT support keeping underage people in the dark about sex.

  • Um... because people under the magical age of 18 that isn't actually magical have sex questions? Since puberty starts at like 12? And kids before 12 also have sex questions? If you don't ask questions about stuff you don't learn? Duh?

    Is this a joke?

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  • I hate it it's so awkward and embarrassing it really should be kept separate

  • It's because they are curious and sexual. I think pretty normal for that age. But its quite risky as well.

  • Because no one reports them as being under 18 or younger. But you never really know how old a girl is on here as I'm sure there are many fake pink accounts who claim to be young but aren't.

  • Better they ask it here in a safe environment where everyone can see the question and responses then to ask it on the dark web and be pulled into God knows what with God knows who. It's a bit of a community on here so it won't ever get out of hand if the Kid asks on here.

    No I would be more worried if they asked this on another platform where no one who has sense is monitoring and keeping an eye even if it's a fellow GAG member. All we can do is guide and support and I think let's let them ask the questions so we can help them the best we can.

    There isn't any point worring about age any more it seems the cat is already out the bag so we just gotta roll with it.

  • It doesn’t seem so problematic to me. Minors know what sex is, and it’s far better they learn about the different facets of it and think about where their boundaries may lie than to wait until they’re adults and have no idea what’s going on.

  • Ask their parents 🤷‍♀️

    • There many parents here so that they could tell something know...

  • I find no problem with them asking questions. You can see their curiosity there. Like you said, many of them get lured into a perverts den and they believe these people are helpful

  • I understand that they’re curious but they shouldn’t be allowed to comment on anything of the sexual sort nor dm anyone above their age or the legal age I should say

  • Well being underage varies between different countries and jurisdictions. Also, it is important for anyone who is sexually active, or curious about sex, to be able to talk to people about it. You don’t need to be of legal age to do that.

  • because they also have sex & they often want advice on that type of thing ig? now it's a little weird that they can comment on certain types of posts but there's no way to really stop them from doing that

  • Why not? I would guess they have the most questions, due to least experience.

  • Because sexuality it's not just about sex. It's a everyday, important subject to talk. Besides, it's not because you don't talk to people about stuff that they don't do it. But you can choose to give them information so that if they do stuff then at least they are somewhat prepared.

  • I can imagine it can get pretty dangerous if an adult interacts with underage about it...

  • Because they have questions and are curious as well.

  • Why have a question site where people can't ask questions? Obviously, young people are gonna be curious about sex stuff that they are too embarrassed to ask someone they know. I have a couple friends who are 16 and under and they get their questions removed or they get banned for asking sex questions. That feels wrong to me. :(

  • Not all sexuality questions are about sex. If the underage person is about or almost the same age as the person asking the question, I don't really see an issue.

    • It's ironic you asked me this, then invited me to a sexual question of yours.

  • Because also underaged people have sex and should be allowed to ask for advice if they need it.
    I rather answer questions for them than that they get themselves in trouble.

  • There should not be a age limit. If they want to know something they should be able to ask and get honest answers

  • Asking questions is fine in my opinion. It's when adults go out of their way to DM you and talk to you about it privately that I find it sketchy.
    I was exposed to pedophiles when I was younger through a chat system and wish I could go back and be more careful myself. They just need to be extremely cautious of who they talk to.

  • Cause they don't know much about that

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