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"Stop using the word "teen""
Love you, too
Yes. I know 18 and 19 are legal but honestly do we want any of our posts or the material we love to get misconstrued.
This is an adult unless Messmaster or someone else says otherwise.
Can't we draw attention to ourselves without certain words that'll leave a wrong or sickly :perverted impression?
(Yup! I know I'm bound to piss some people off! In 3,2,1 )
This is an adult unless Messmaster or someone else says otherwise.
Can't we draw attention to ourselves without certain words that'll leave a wrong or sickly :perverted impression?
(Yup! I know I'm bound to piss some people off! In 3,2,1 )
I agree. There are five years worth of teens (13, 14,15,16, and 17) who are under-age and only two (18 and 19) who are of legal age. Most people, in particular those outside our community, will think of "teen" as referring to the entire 13 to19 range or perhaps more likely the school-age range. IMO we don't want to give anyone the opportunity to complain that our producers are making videos with models who are younger than 18. We may know that we mean 18- and 19-year olds but outsiders will NOT be aware of that distinction.
I don't understand the issue. This is already a pretty weird sexual fetish, where could it possibly get misconstrued?
The word teen is already abundant in pornography, unless you're dressing young women up to look and act like children I don't get why the word scares you or why people will suddenly start 'coming for us'.
The word teen is already abundant in pornography, unless you're dressing young women up to look and act like children I don't get why the word scares you or why people will suddenly start 'coming for us'.
The reason I use the word?is
A. Bc they are
B. Because when you go to searches? That is a top search.
The gals are of legal age or they wouldn't be here
but I
GET how it can seem cringy you some.
To each their own! but? I only hire gals that are dedicated
To the mess, who love it, who wanna do more and if they are
Under 20? And mature enough to do all this? I feel it should
Be celebrated! I got one gal who is and she is more mature
Than most gals I've worked with and takes scripts, mess,
And all of this very seriously! Plus she has a great time!
I love her! For her to be young and dedicated to this? I just love
It! So? I guess I have lots of reasons why I use the word!
A. Bc they are
B. Because when you go to searches? That is a top search.
The gals are of legal age or they wouldn't be here
but I GET how it can seem cringy you some.
To each their own!
but? I only hire gals that are dedicated To the mess, who love it, who wanna do more and if they are
Under 20? And mature enough to do all this? I feel it should
Be celebrated! I got one gal who is and she is more mature
Than most gals I've worked with and takes scripts, mess,
And all of this very seriously! Plus she has a great time!
I love her! For her to be young and dedicated to this? I just love
It! So? I guess I have lots of reasons why I use the word!
Get Messy, Get Wet, C'mon Get Happy!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't "teen" a common (and popular) genre in traditional porn sites? I'm not really a browser of those sites so I haven't been up on every detail of the overhauling that industry has seen over the past couple of years, but if users there are still searching "teen" and those producers are still providing "teen" content then you're going to keep seeing that word thrown around here. Especially as producers old and new continue turning WAM into "regular porn, but with a little bit of whipped cream thrown in."
gooeypiefight said: Yes. I know 18 and 19 are legal but honestly do we want any of our posts or the material we love to get misconstrued.
This is an adult unless Messmaster or someone else says otherwise.
Can't we draw attention to ourselves without certain words that'll leave a wrong or sickly :perverted impression?
(Yup! I know I'm bound to piss some people off! In 3,2,1 )
This is an adult unless Messmaster or someone else says otherwise.
Can't we draw attention to ourselves without certain words that'll leave a wrong or sickly :perverted impression?
(Yup! I know I'm bound to piss some people off! In 3,2,1 )
And I am not pissed off! Like I said
to each their own! that's why umd is a great place! Caters to all kinds of kink!
Get Messy, Get Wet, C'mon Get Happy!
TheSpecialist said: Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't "teen" a common (and popular) genre in traditional porn sites? I'm not really a browser of those sites so I haven't been up on every detail of the overhauling that industry has seen over the past couple of years, but if users there are still searching "teen" and those producers are still providing "teen" content then you're going to keep seeing that word thrown around here. Especially as producers old and new continue turning WAM into "regular porn, but with a little bit of whipped cream thrown in."
We need more whipped cream with our porn!!!
Can I get a hell yes! And some crusts for it to lay on!
Get Messy, Get Wet, C'mon Get Happy!
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There is a recent post that uses the word teen and then goes on to say that the model is 19 years old.
Where there is no illegal or dubious activity taking place, it is not for you to gatekeep the language others wish to use.
There is a recent post that uses the word teen and then goes on to say that the model is 19 years old.
Where there is no illegal or dubious activity taking place, it is not for you to gatekeep the language others wish to use.
So just because others do it, means that we should too? Gotcha. Can't agree with that logic though.
Look we are a very trusting community it seems. Yet, one day someone is bound to say"teen" and insist the person is 18 only to later find out the person is 16.
Then it's all over for all of us.
You play with fire, you'll eventually get burned.
Just offering food for thought.
Look we are a very trusting community it seems. Yet, one day someone is bound to say"teen" and insist the person is 18 only to later find out the person is 16.
Then it's all over for all of us.
You play with fire, you'll eventually get burned.
Just offering food for thought.
We need more whipped cream with our porn!!!
Can I get a hell yes! And some crusts for it to lay on!
Can I get a hell yes! And some crusts for it to lay on!
Wait, you do porn? (gasp)
Wait, you use whipped cream? (ungasp)
Teen teen teen, you know what I mean? A pie in the face and a flick of the bean, teen teen teen! How's that?
Oh Janet! You look so funny!!!
being a prude on a porn forum is certainly a take
I say that in jest - sorta - but let's be real. You and I and everyone else here knows that in the context of porn, "teen" has a long history of meaning 18-19 year olds, or anyone young who looks like they could be 18-19 years old. We as a culture have established 18 as the cutoff; you can't get mad about someone wanting to see something that is legally acceptable just because it's *close* to the cutoff. If being close to the cutoff age was off-limits as well, then we'd just move the cutoff age up. Then #21 would be a porn category and you'd come in and complain about that too.
gooeypiefight said: Yes. I know 18 and 19 are legal but honestly do we want any of our posts or the material we love to get misconstrued.
This is an adult unless Messmaster or someone else says otherwise.
Can't we draw attention to ourselves without certain words that'll leave a wrong or sickly :perverted impression?
(Yup! I know I'm bound to piss some people off! In 3,2,1 )
This is an adult unless Messmaster or someone else says otherwise.
Can't we draw attention to ourselves without certain words that'll leave a wrong or sickly :perverted impression?
(Yup! I know I'm bound to piss some people off! In 3,2,1 )
Hmmm...
Eighteen
Nineteen
Sorry, what you were you complaining about again?
You're gonna know when the Fruju hits you!
I do get a little bit of an uncomfortable vibe from seeing "teen" in descriptions, and it's not something I look for. But then every other aspect of people's appearance can also be described in shorthand terms, it's kind of standard practice across the whole adult industry, and this site is one of the best around at checking up and acting on anything of actual concern.
So I'm not a fan, but I'd go for just choosing not to click on those videos myself rather than asking for things to change.
So I'm not a fan, but I'd go for just choosing not to click on those videos myself rather than asking for things to change.
I find the use of words like "slut", "fucktoy", "whore" etc far more troublesome than teen.
I get off on seeing pretty girls naked and doing things that I find sexy. I can then imagine what it would be like to be doing sexy things with that girl. I hate degradation, humiliation (a couple of things very central to this fetish) and treating women like objects. I just want everybody to have a good time!
That said I would never try to police other peoples language because I'm smart enough to know that 99% of people into humiliating women aren't going around doing it in their normal lives, just like those people that watch porn with "teen" in the title aren't pedophiles. Teen is just an easy shorthand way that porn uses to categorise. Like MILF, BBW etc
I get off on seeing pretty girls naked and doing things that I find sexy. I can then imagine what it would be like to be doing sexy things with that girl. I hate degradation, humiliation (a couple of things very central to this fetish) and treating women like objects. I just want everybody to have a good time!
That said I would never try to police other peoples language because I'm smart enough to know that 99% of people into humiliating women aren't going around doing it in their normal lives, just like those people that watch porn with "teen" in the title aren't pedophiles. Teen is just an easy shorthand way that porn uses to categorise. Like MILF, BBW etc
I've never used the word teen, but then, the youngest person I've ever shot with is 23.
I'm not sure if I would shoot with someone 18/19 but if I did then - yeah, they are a teen?
I'm not sure if I would shoot with someone 18/19 but if I did then - yeah, they are a teen?
"The Justification for Pedophilia in here is disturbing."
No seriously, comments like this are becoming way too common. I see it on fetish sites, anime forums, facebook, twitter you name it. The younger generation of internet users seem to hate anyone over 25 and immediately try to find a way to accuse older adults of being pedophiles.
No seriously, comments like this are becoming way too common. I see it on fetish sites, anime forums, facebook, twitter you name it. The younger generation of internet users seem to hate anyone over 25 and immediately try to find a way to accuse older adults of being pedophiles.
The youngest person I ever shot with was 19 (Maude when she first arrived, and ISTR Chastity was also 19 when she first came here), but I've never used the word "teen" in a description and it's not a term I'd ever think of using, or search for - but then my interest in WAM is largely clothes dominated and I don't care what age someone is as long as they've a nice (to my taste) figure, so I'm more likely to be searching for "high waist jeans" or "knee length skirt".
As to what's being produced, producers are bound by very strict rules. I have scans or photos of government-issued ID for every person I've ever shot with. No-one can set up a store here without providing government-issued ID of themselves to MM, so while UMD doesn't require upload of model IDs, it does know exactly who its producers are, and only a rank idiot would shoot with someone under-18 and then upload here when the site has their full details. So if a UMD producer is including "teen" in their descriptions you can be sure they mean 18 or 19, and not any younger.
It is good to see the adult industry in general moving away from the "18-24 only" obsession it used to have, but I don't think banning words is necessarily the best way to encourage that further. TBH if a producer uses descriptions you're not keen on, don't buy from that producer, and/or let them know privately why you're no longer buying. And include proof you are an actual customer (former username or download purchase detail) so they know you're not just some random who's taken umbrage - I've occasionally had messages from people who claim they'll cancel their membership if we continue shooting X or Y that they don't like - but they never include anything to indicate they were ever a member in the first place so those messages get ignored and filed in the nearest bin.
And lastly, see CK's comment upthread. If anyone is concerned about anything, click the "Report" link on the post, or on the download itself, select a suitable category from the options (note there's now a general "Needs Attention" for use if the item doesn't fit obviously into one of the others), type a description of what you think is wrong, and submit it.
The mods don't get to see who submitted any given report, just the text of the report itself, only MM knows who said what. It may take a few days but eventually you'll get a detailed text reply from MM, again in private (mods can see the responses, which is useful for future moderation decisions, but again not who they were sent to).
As to what's being produced, producers are bound by very strict rules. I have scans or photos of government-issued ID for every person I've ever shot with. No-one can set up a store here without providing government-issued ID of themselves to MM, so while UMD doesn't require upload of model IDs, it does know exactly who its producers are, and only a rank idiot would shoot with someone under-18 and then upload here when the site has their full details. So if a UMD producer is including "teen" in their descriptions you can be sure they mean 18 or 19, and not any younger.
It is good to see the adult industry in general moving away from the "18-24 only" obsession it used to have, but I don't think banning words is necessarily the best way to encourage that further. TBH if a producer uses descriptions you're not keen on, don't buy from that producer, and/or let them know privately why you're no longer buying. And include proof you are an actual customer (former username or download purchase detail) so they know you're not just some random who's taken umbrage - I've occasionally had messages from people who claim they'll cancel their membership if we continue shooting X or Y that they don't like - but they never include anything to indicate they were ever a member in the first place so those messages get ignored and filed in the nearest bin.
And lastly, see CK's comment upthread. If anyone is concerned about anything, click the "Report" link on the post, or on the download itself, select a suitable category from the options (note there's now a general "Needs Attention" for use if the item doesn't fit obviously into one of the others), type a description of what you think is wrong, and submit it.
The mods don't get to see who submitted any given report, just the text of the report itself, only MM knows who said what. It may take a few days but eventually you'll get a detailed text reply from MM, again in private (mods can see the responses, which is useful for future moderation decisions, but again not who they were sent to).
Saturation Hall - Forth! The Gungemaidens!
fatmup said: I find the use of words like "slut", "fucktoy", "whore" etc far more troublesome than teen.
I get off on seeing pretty girls naked and doing things that I find sexy. I can then imagine what it would be like to be doing sexy things with that girl. I hate degradation, humiliation (a couple of things very central to this fetish) and treating women like objects. I just want everybody to have a good time!
That said I would never try to police other peoples language because I'm smart enough to know that 99% of people into humiliating women aren't going around doing it in their normal lives, just like those people that watch porn with "teen" in the title aren't pedophiles. Teen is just an easy shorthand way that porn uses to categorise. Like MILF, BBW etc
I get off on seeing pretty girls naked and doing things that I find sexy. I can then imagine what it would be like to be doing sexy things with that girl. I hate degradation, humiliation (a couple of things very central to this fetish) and treating women like objects. I just want everybody to have a good time!
That said I would never try to police other peoples language because I'm smart enough to know that 99% of people into humiliating women aren't going around doing it in their normal lives, just like those people that watch porn with "teen" in the title aren't pedophiles. Teen is just an easy shorthand way that porn uses to categorise. Like MILF, BBW etc
THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS!!!!
YOOOOOO!!! I have strayed away from my stuff being called that and even went to describe a video for the title and was like "oh god!" lol!! i was almost like...."what have i done??" when i had to put up a title "all holes filled" hah! but imma be real...i loved that.
BUT YES----i get WAY more cringe when i see "new stupid slut virginia get slapped with pies" or whatever. i have seen much more degrading language that teen...and like i said----im not fighting it because to each his own
i cringe a bit and keep on scrolling. thats what rad about this place. you can keep on scrolling
but yeah. seeing gals called sluts or whores is kinda cringy but i GET that it is part of the porn industry....that which we are as long as you arent hitting the report button everytime you see the word teen we are ALL cool...bc it IS a WIDELY SEARCHED word. matter of fact imma check and see where it stands actually .
we used to have a big ol thing where there was the most searched words...i havent looked at it in years! but i remember teen was up there in like top 20.
anyhooo....just like i dont like those words you dont like teen but lets all be real
ONCE WE GET A NUT WE ARE LOOKING AT IT LIKE "TURN THIS FILTHY SHIT OFF!!!" HAHHAHAHAH!!!!
thats just porn shrug!Get Messy, Get Wet, C'mon Get Happy!
DungeonMasterOne said:
It is good to see the adult industry in general moving away from the "18-24 only" obsession it used to have
It is good to see the adult industry in general moving away from the "18-24 only" obsession it used to have
Same - and - ugh
particularly with mainstream porn there was this terrible obsession anyone 18 up to around 24 was fine, but usually marketed as 'teen'
the term I find/found gross is "barely legal"
(there is a story of a band who had a good relationship with a group of fans and at a party once one of these fans turned 16, the age of consent in the UK, at midnight and one of the band members then took her into the toilets for sex... which when I phrase it exactly as what it was : legal, but gross)
And then... nothing until you were 30+ when women could be marketed as 'MILF' or 'mature' which was also rather.... iffy
But then of course in the middle you had all these women, 24-30, too 'old' to be a teen but too 'young' to be 'mature' and so were struggling to get much in terms of work
and of course getting civvy work with a porn cv is rather... difficult and challenging.
so that ended up driving people into other lines of work, but it niche fetish or escorting - and I like that the modern industry means that anyone can just sack off all the producers and make their own content
Jayce said:
THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS!!!!
YOOOOOO!!! I have strayed away from my stuff being called that and even went to describe a video for the title and was like "oh god!" lol!! i was almost like...."what have i done??" when i had to put up a title "all holes filled" hah! but imma be real...i loved that.
BUT YES----i get WAY more cringe when i see "new stupid slut virginia get slapped with pies" or whatever. i have seen much more degrading language that teen...and like i said----im not fighting it because to each his own
i cringe a bit and keep on scrolling. thats what rad about this place. you can keep on scrolling but yeah. seeing gals called sluts or whores is kinda cringy but i GET that it is part of the porn industry....that which we are
THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS!!!!
YOOOOOO!!! I have strayed away from my stuff being called that and even went to describe a video for the title and was like "oh god!" lol!! i was almost like...."what have i done??" when i had to put up a title "all holes filled" hah! but imma be real...i loved that.
BUT YES----i get WAY more cringe when i see "new stupid slut virginia get slapped with pies" or whatever. i have seen much more degrading language that teen...and like i said----im not fighting it because to each his own
i cringe a bit and keep on scrolling. thats what rad about this place. you can keep on scrolling
but yeah. seeing gals called sluts or whores is kinda cringy but i GET that it is part of the porn industry....that which we are It's kinda rare to see that sort of language here tbf, I was talking more porn in general. I know almost all porn is made with the male gaze in mind but I find it disturbing how women are portrayed as playthings for men and I think it's had a large effect on young people's attitudes to sex. But that's a whole other discussion and a little off topic!
I gotta say, the use of "teen" as an advertising point does squik me out. I've just seen one too many stories recently in other spheres of people who are underage being groomed into sexual situations once they hit 18, so it just hits a trigger (and no, I'm not implying producers who work wifh models this young here are doing this).
The way porn commodities youth has always felt super weird to me, especially with a niche fetishism like this that is otherwise so quaint? I'm not saying don't work with someone this young, but I think OP brings up really solid consideration in the language around how we advertise people. If this is a tradition in porn and erotica, but there are also real tensions around the language, why is that tradition there?
We're shooting with adults here, so, what fantasy does it cater to brandish that a model is in their teens--even though they are legally considered an adult? This wording, to me, is different from listing a model's age alone (though that indirectly can court similar business), because it is an ambiguous read pushed to viewers. That's a grey area I'm uncomfortable with, and I've felt sort of alone in more people not seemingly acknowledging, so I'm glad for this conversation arising.
In my understanding, even if WAM content isn't particularly niche anymore, this forum still is a relatively small community compared to the wider world of porn on the whole. It has its own culture, so I think it's worth questioning on *this site* why adhere to the language of a wider marker when there is clearly a more particular and dedicated audience here. Is the word 'teen' on UMD specifically that big a selling point? And if so, why is that?
I've bought content here with models who later on were advertised to be 'teens' in later videos staring them--I had thought them older. My already moderate discomfort was compounded by this becoming a selling point where I'd seen earlier content with them seemingly do well without this needing to be highlighted, simply because the earlier video was a solid release. I'm not saying an 18 or 19 year old can't be exceptionally mature compared to legal adults of US drinking age--I'm simply showing where my own discomforts and boundaries tend to lie for discussion, and trying to highlight the dissonance, confusion and...honestly sometimes outright squik I feel in seeing someone's teenageness not only being a selling point in wider porn, but even more particularly on a niche fetish platform.
UMD has historically struggled with retaining more marginalized members in the forums and I think the way some handle conversations like this are part of it. Telling op to shove it or making a flippant joke of this post I don't think really helps anyone, where Jayce and DungeonMasterOne at least delved into the utility of the language in a way that I'm uncomfortable with but is communicative and thorough. Thank you both and others for engaging earnestly even though it's from a place that I struggle with. I hope my reply to this thread also provides some valuable thoughts and hope folks engage with me earnestly and patiently.
The way porn commodities youth has always felt super weird to me, especially with a niche fetishism like this that is otherwise so quaint? I'm not saying don't work with someone this young, but I think OP brings up really solid consideration in the language around how we advertise people. If this is a tradition in porn and erotica, but there are also real tensions around the language, why is that tradition there?
We're shooting with adults here, so, what fantasy does it cater to brandish that a model is in their teens--even though they are legally considered an adult? This wording, to me, is different from listing a model's age alone (though that indirectly can court similar business), because it is an ambiguous read pushed to viewers. That's a grey area I'm uncomfortable with, and I've felt sort of alone in more people not seemingly acknowledging, so I'm glad for this conversation arising.
In my understanding, even if WAM content isn't particularly niche anymore, this forum still is a relatively small community compared to the wider world of porn on the whole. It has its own culture, so I think it's worth questioning on *this site* why adhere to the language of a wider marker when there is clearly a more particular and dedicated audience here. Is the word 'teen' on UMD specifically that big a selling point? And if so, why is that?
I've bought content here with models who later on were advertised to be 'teens' in later videos staring them--I had thought them older. My already moderate discomfort was compounded by this becoming a selling point where I'd seen earlier content with them seemingly do well without this needing to be highlighted, simply because the earlier video was a solid release. I'm not saying an 18 or 19 year old can't be exceptionally mature compared to legal adults of US drinking age--I'm simply showing where my own discomforts and boundaries tend to lie for discussion, and trying to highlight the dissonance, confusion and...honestly sometimes outright squik I feel in seeing someone's teenageness not only being a selling point in wider porn, but even more particularly on a niche fetish platform.
UMD has historically struggled with retaining more marginalized members in the forums and I think the way some handle conversations like this are part of it. Telling op to shove it or making a flippant joke of this post I don't think really helps anyone, where Jayce and DungeonMasterOne at least delved into the utility of the language in a way that I'm uncomfortable with but is communicative and thorough. Thank you both and others for engaging earnestly even though it's from a place that I struggle with. I hope my reply to this thread also provides some valuable thoughts and hope folks engage with me earnestly and patiently.
The staff here do a pretty good job keeping things adult. I don't think there are many people here who see the word teen and think underage.
Someone talking against the word teen is not woke. Learn what words mean before you ignorantly use them.
Someone talking against the word teen is not woke. Learn what words mean before you ignorantly use them.
I'll just say that I don't like how the term "woke" has been vilified and villainized, but that's another topic altogether. Anyway, I can understand the concerns using the word "teen" might raise, but I think it's clear that it's meant for 18 and 19. I doubt it will lead to any problems with UMD, given the ID requirement and all.
Raspaint said: I gotta say, the use of "teen" as an advertising point does squik me out. I've just seen one too many stories recently in other spheres of people who are underage being groomed into sexual situations once they hit 18, so it just hits a trigger (and no, I'm not implying producers who work wifh models this young here are doing this).
The way porn commodities youth has always felt super weird to me, especially with a niche fetishism like this that is otherwise so quaint? I'm not saying don't work with someone this young, but I think OP brings up really solid consideration in the language around how we advertise people. If this is a tradition in porn and erotica, but there are also real tensions around the language, why is that tradition there?
We're shooting with adults here, so, what fantasy does it cater to brandish that a model is in their teens--even though they are legally considered an adult? This wording, to me, is different from listing a model's age alone (though that indirectly can court similar business), because it is an ambiguous read pushed to viewers. That's a grey area I'm uncomfortable with, and I've felt sort of alone in more people not seemingly acknowledging, so I'm glad for this conversation arising.
In my understanding, even if WAM content isn't particularly niche anymore, this forum still is a relatively small community compared to the wider world of porn on the whole. It has its own culture, so I think it's worth questioning on *this site* why adhere to the language of a wider marker when there is clearly a more particular and dedicated audience here. Is the word 'teen' on UMD specifically that big a selling point? And if so, why is that?
I've bought content here with models who later on were advertised to be 'teens' in later videos staring them--I had thought them older. My already moderate discomfort was compounded by this becoming a selling point where I'd seen earlier content with them seemingly do well without this needing to be highlighted, simply because the earlier video was a solid release. I'm not saying an 18 or 19 year old can't be exceptionally mature compared to legal adults of US drinking age--I'm simply showing where my own discomforts and boundaries tend to lie for discussion, and trying to highlight the dissonance, confusion and...honestly sometimes outright squik I feel in seeing someone's teenageness not only being a selling point in wider porn, but even more particularly on a niche fetish platform.
UMD has historically struggled with retaining more marginalized members in the forums and I think the way some handle conversations like this are part of it. Telling op to shove it or making a flippant joke of this post I don't think really helps anyone, where Jayce and DungeonMasterOne at least delved into the utility of the language in a way that I'm uncomfortable with but is communicative and thorough. Thank you both and others for engaging earnestly even though it's from a place that I struggle with. I hope my reply to this thread also provides some valuable thoughts and hope folks engage with me earnestly and patiently.
The way porn commodities youth has always felt super weird to me, especially with a niche fetishism like this that is otherwise so quaint? I'm not saying don't work with someone this young, but I think OP brings up really solid consideration in the language around how we advertise people. If this is a tradition in porn and erotica, but there are also real tensions around the language, why is that tradition there?
We're shooting with adults here, so, what fantasy does it cater to brandish that a model is in their teens--even though they are legally considered an adult? This wording, to me, is different from listing a model's age alone (though that indirectly can court similar business), because it is an ambiguous read pushed to viewers. That's a grey area I'm uncomfortable with, and I've felt sort of alone in more people not seemingly acknowledging, so I'm glad for this conversation arising.
In my understanding, even if WAM content isn't particularly niche anymore, this forum still is a relatively small community compared to the wider world of porn on the whole. It has its own culture, so I think it's worth questioning on *this site* why adhere to the language of a wider marker when there is clearly a more particular and dedicated audience here. Is the word 'teen' on UMD specifically that big a selling point? And if so, why is that?
I've bought content here with models who later on were advertised to be 'teens' in later videos staring them--I had thought them older. My already moderate discomfort was compounded by this becoming a selling point where I'd seen earlier content with them seemingly do well without this needing to be highlighted, simply because the earlier video was a solid release. I'm not saying an 18 or 19 year old can't be exceptionally mature compared to legal adults of US drinking age--I'm simply showing where my own discomforts and boundaries tend to lie for discussion, and trying to highlight the dissonance, confusion and...honestly sometimes outright squik I feel in seeing someone's teenageness not only being a selling point in wider porn, but even more particularly on a niche fetish platform.
UMD has historically struggled with retaining more marginalized members in the forums and I think the way some handle conversations like this are part of it. Telling op to shove it or making a flippant joke of this post I don't think really helps anyone, where Jayce and DungeonMasterOne at least delved into the utility of the language in a way that I'm uncomfortable with but is communicative and thorough. Thank you both and others for engaging earnestly even though it's from a place that I struggle with. I hope my reply to this thread also provides some valuable thoughts and hope folks engage with me earnestly and patiently.
I feel like this thread should be a poll---
Get Messy, Get Wet, C'mon Get Happy!
