Kind of a double standard that they wouldn't allow the loli content from Project2 but they'll allow same age shota.
This is an issue with many of the people that wander the halls of F95 (and other like forums), looking to satisfy their lustful cravings and kinks through a virtual medium. I have noticed several trends, on this, and several other forums, that leads me to believe it is more than just the Mods that perpetuate this systemic "double standardization" in the VN/Gaming world. You use the example of Shota v. Loli (two oft misused terms - I digress), and you wouldn't be wrong. The idea that a boy who has sexual feelings toward his mother and older siblings and, is in "control" because the male figure/protagonist is supposed to be the aggressor or dominate figure, is somehow acceptable...yet when a girl is cast in a similar light (rare because of the dominance of the male characters across 90+ percent of the created works), it is somehow morally deficient. Seriously? It seems like there is a pandering to the masses - which I understand from a business perspective; let's face it, the bulk of the creators here are in it to make some money so they see the trends and follow suit (sometimes blatantly ripping off another VN/Game in the process). If you just look at the discussions it is rife with disparaging remarks about anything containing loli, yet when shota is involved people are just fine with it. Why?
I speculate that it has something to do with the groups of people that frequent F95 and how those groups are populated. That is, there are a larger number of younger males that come here looking for MILF, 'big tits', 'big ass', etc. tags to satisfy their predilection toward mature women. So, when a game with a younger male protagonist (most of the VN/games here), is posted, it has a much larger following and any disagreements involve character rendering, NTR, cuckolding, etc. - in other words, the usual discussions. Counter to that discourse, you have games/VN that include a girl (labelled as loli in the case of ones that look younger than 18) and people lose their shit and the discussions involve a solid, several page posting on why loli is somehow morally wrong and shouldn't be allowed.
I don't see it as solely a moderator issue, although it does beg the question as to why the shota games/VN seem to be more acceptable than those that include loli.
With that in mind I have a few questions for consideration:
- Why is shota and similar content more acceptable than loli and similar content?
- Is there really a double standard when considering what content is to be allowed?
- If there isn't a double standard, there must be some reason(s) why certain content is allowed and not other - and I am not talking about the rules and guidelines, because they don't seem to apply fairly across the board...what is/are the reason(s) for the content disparity?
- Can someone rationally explain this inequitable postioning when posting material on the forums? (I asked for a rational explanation NOT a rationalization)
I guess the reason I am wondering about all of this is because I don't see how personal fetishes and kinks as played out in make-believe, virtual games and visual novels has any real impact. Maybe to the individual player/reader there is an impact, although I don't see how that is another person(s) concern or why they should have any say it what I fap to in the privacy of my own home.