Hum, I see grooming was not the appropriate word, I believe it was not predatory as I implied, more on the sad and pathetic, according to some sources...
Also, there was not anything inherently wrong, except supporting the project blindly ended up killing it in the short run.
No problem. I was just curious. I mentioned the old ages, but in reality, this kind of things still exist - effectively, the difference is that instead of being almost exclusively from the older noble/king side or pushed by her family, nowadays it can be initiated both ways.
It is the "sugar daddy", or even really cases of "prostitution for a new mobile phone or even for a mobile phone charge" (and it is not ony girls from desperate family situations).
lolicon-kami I agree on considering such practice negatively when she is below full legal rights age, and honestly, even when she is above, if done in a kind of predatory way.
I play naughty and dirty computer games, I don't do the stuff for real, but since I suspect from your comment you are from USA, be aware of a few things....
1) Most countries in the World have an "age of consent" for sexual activity that is below the age of full legal rights (so, "under age" for e.g. voting, but not "under age" for sexual activity), and in reality, that includes also many if not most States in USA (a number have age of consent at 16), and most countries do not have (anymore) "statutory rape", i.e. the age difference does not matter, insofar as both are above age of consent;
2) Even in USA, it seems most people think what applies to their State applies everywhere, but it is far from being the case, for a conversation on F95 I had checked.
You have cases like California, where even if both are under 18, they will anyway be punished (age of consent is basically 18), to another state where there is an age of consent, but if they are married then it is legal even if the partner is only 13 years old (?!) independently from the age of the spouse, to another where age of consent is well above 13, but can go as down as to 13 depending on the difference of age with the sexual partner (basically, a form of "statutory rape", but with a "sliding window" mechanism).
3) Even more problematic, I still think the "grown up" should be careful and avoid it, and minors should be protected from "predators", but as I already mentioned, it is a fact that it is not anymore the case that by definition it is the older one that seeks and tries with the younger one, it can well be the opposite.
Of course, I am not talking about pedophily and ten years old, but still, under the age of full legal rights and very young e.g. 15-17 (but even 14).
