What is the appropriate age of a character when you are writing about sex?

moscowwoah · Aug 20, 2012

You can write about underage sex. It's fine. Unless your writing promotes sex with children, I don't see a problem with writing about sex.

captain kate · Aug 20, 2012

Dryriver said: ↑

In my opinion, you should not censor or deform the story just because a Publisher or certain prudish U.S. readers may find the young sex in it "controversial" or "offensive".

You story needs to be told as you see it fit.

If a publisher won't take it because of "underage sex", you should try with other publishers.

Good Luck,

Dryriver
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If that's true, why was "Lolita" banned in so many countries for a long time? Cultural mores and laws do matter. No publisher will want to risk their reputation, and money, if there's a chance criminal accusations would be levied. There doesn't have to be an actual court case either...just the threat would be enough to cause extreme damage to a publisher's "brand," which is their biggest asset as a business.

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