I mean that’s catchy and all but it totally ignores the point. I’m happy to hear anything you have to say to explain what you mean but rn it doesn’t really make sense, as SFW, nonsexual vore and being naked around children have no clear parallel.
Either way I’ve been doing some thinking and I’ve got more to say on this post, so I’ll just do it now.
Take a look at the rise of nonsexual furry communities with safe spaces for minors to express their interests. Sure, there are lots of furries into it sexually, but does it make sense to argue that children shouldn’t be exposed to the nonsexual parts of the furry fandom? Of course not. It’s a huge special interest for loads of kids, and a place for them to find community, and something to take comfort in, and there’s not automatically something inherently sexual about all anthropomorphic animal characters just because some other, unrelated folks get off on it sexually.
Vore is the same way. There’s not something automatically inherently sexual about someone getting eaten. It’s just an imaginary scenario that appeals to a lot of people, many of them nonsexually. Those into it sexually don’t somehow make everything else about it sexual just by existing.
Here’s where I believe the lines should be:
If you personally find something sexually appealing, don’t talk to minors about it. that’s creepy.
If a minor has stated they don’t want to interact with adults and you are one, don’t interact with them. That’s creepy.
If you run a SFW blog about any subject, and a minor is okay with interacting with you about something you don’t find sexually appealing, then you can respectfully interact with them.
But lumping everyone in the vore community into the kink bucket and calling them predatory for allowing children into any part of the community isn’t just blind to the complexity of the topic, it’s erasure of the very individual personal experiences of many people within the community. People into vore sexually who make sure not to interact with minors. People only into vore non-sexually (especially some ace folks. Everyone is always erasing ace folks!). People who are into some types/aspects of vore sexually but also have a SFW interest in it, and go to the trouble of running multiple blogs just to keep minors in the community safe (y'all’re angels btw). And yes, kids.
I wasn’t on tumblr until I was 19, but I still think there’s a cautionary tale in my experiences. Ever since I learned the word vore as a young teenager and finally looked up this thing I’d always been thinking about, and saw all the hate and vitriol out there, I had so much shame and loneliness as a result of having no community to share my interest with, or at least to see it portrayed positively in. I wish more than anything that I’d come to tumblr years sooner than I did, but sadly I had no idea there was such a thing as the vore community (besides Eka’s, which in my opinion is not a site minors should ever be exposed to). I finally got on tumblr very recently and it transformed my self esteem around the issue to have a community like this. I think if I’d had that at a younger age I would be a lot healthier now, and I certainly would have been a lot happier then.
That’s why it pains me to think of excluding minors from the SFW vore community. It’s such vital social and mental health resource for so many of them, and there’s no good excuse to take that away. The vore community here on tumblr isn’t hurting minors; it’s helping them. That’s my take and I’m sticking to it.
And for the record, if you know someone who is being creepy and predatory to minors, say something. I’m not excusing grooming in any way shape or form. That shit has no place in our community.
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