Regarding Scribblehub Content Guidelines

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In case someone out there ever has a similar question here's the ANSWER: No, the age of consent stays consistent with the location of the publisher regardless of story location.

The under prohibited content the posting guideline states:
  • Age of Consent - The age of consent is 18+. This is referring to the real age of the character. Any sexual content between characters must abide by this age of consent.
To my understanding, this means any sexual act between characters must be done by two individuals who are each at least 18 years of age, simple enough.
Now here's my question, if your story is based in Japan where the age of consent is 13, does the above content guideline remain or shift to 13?
 
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The under prohibited content the posting guideline states:
  • Age of Consent - The age of consent is 18+. This is referring to the real age of the character. Any sexual content between characters must abide by this age of consent.
To my understanding, this means any sexual act between characters must be done by two individuals who are each at least 18 years of age, simple enough.
Now here's my question, if your story is based in Japan where the age of consent is 13, does the above content guideline remain or shift to 13?
Remain. Don't pull the "but my story/ country says ok" shit
 

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The under prohibited content the posting guideline states:
  • Age of Consent - The age of consent is 18+. This is referring to the real age of the character. Any sexual content between characters must abide by this age of consent.
To my understanding, this means any sexual act between characters must be done by two individuals who are each at least 18 years of age, simple enough.
Now here's my question, if your story is based in Japan where the age of consent is 13, does the above content guideline remain or shift to 13?

No. The age of consent is based on where the content is being hosted. Because of how laws are made, even if your story is based on a different place and different laws, the content itself can be in violation of local laws.
 

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It’s not about the setting of the story, it is about legal matters. SH cannot violate the law of the country it is based in. I presume it is the US since they use a .com url but it might be elsewhere.
It is not about whether Japan has different age restrictions on sexual activity, even if you personally live in Japan. SH has its own legal obligations that it must follow.
 

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The under prohibited content the posting guideline states:
  • Age of Consent - The age of consent is 18+. This is referring to the real age of the character. Any sexual content between characters must abide by this age of consent.
To my understanding, this means any sexual act between characters must be done by two individuals who are each at least 18 years of age, simple enough.
Now here's my question, if your story is based in Japan where the age of consent is 13, does the above content guideline remain or shift to 13?
pfft dont bother with that. No one is going to go through your content checking to make sure everyone is of age. My MC has be reverse raped at 15 and no one's said anything to me. maybe if some asshole reports you,but otherwise don't worry
 

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pfft dont bother with that. No one is going to go through your content checking to make sure everyone is of age. My MC has be reverse raped at 15 and no one's said anything to me. maybe if some asshole reports you,but otherwise don't worry
It is not explicitly shown? Just a single paragraph or two? Either way, unless someone has the time to screw with you, you are fine.

Not to mention the double standards of male rape victims...
 

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pfft dont bother with that. No one is going to go through your content checking to make sure everyone is of age. My MC has be reverse raped at 15 and no one's said anything to me. maybe if some asshole reports you,but otherwise don't worry
Actually, underaged sex is the only one I see Tony do something when caught. The rest though? Go crazy as long as they are 18.
 

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Last time I checked, it was 16 on Wattpad because they operate under Canadian law. If you want to write about individuals under 18, go over there. If you want to write about even younger individuals, look for a website operating under Japanese law.

Personally, the youngest character who has sex in my story is 22. If sex is a big part of your story, I recommend making everyone older.
 

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Just don't mention actual ages tho?
Lots of novels here have -18 sex so IDK nor do I care to be honest. I just ignore the age description and make a "all characters in this novel are 18+" general vn thing
 

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the age of consent being 13 in Japan is only half-true. 13 is the lowest age that any prefecture may set as the age of consent, and except for two every single prefecture in Japan actually has the age of consent be in the 16-18 range. So even there sexual content of characters under 18 is almost everywhere still illegal.
 

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the age of consent being 13 in Japan is only half-true. 13 is the lowest age that any prefecture may set as the age of consent, and except for two every single prefecture in Japan actually has the age of consent be in the 16-18 range. So even there sexual content of characters under 18 is almost everywhere still illegal.
The youth are even petitioning to raise that age to 16 at minimum as well.
 

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No. The age of consent is based on where the content is being hosted. Because of how laws are made, even if your story is based on a different place and different laws, the content itself can be in violation of local laws.
That answers my question, thanks! Didn't want to have to wait until all my characters were 18 if I ever decided to add sexual content if I didn't have to, seems like it's required in the end. Do you have any idea if this refers to explicit content, or simply the mere mention of acts between minors?
 

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the age of consent being 13 in Japan is only half-true. 13 is the lowest age that any prefecture may set as the age of consent, and except for two every single prefecture in Japan actually has the age of consent be in the 16-18 range. So even there sexual content of characters under 18 is almost everywhere still illegal.
Good info, thanks!
 

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I have seen at least one story where the MC got (reverse) raped at 12 which I reported (and I don't want to end up running into another one of those again). The site rule explicitly states 18+ so therefore there shouldn't be anything that isn't, and if you're wanting to write child pornography and post it on the internet, then go find a site that doesn't have an age of consent. It would probably be really smart to avoid explicit material for any character under 18, and just build story around it where it's clear it happened off screen (even more so if the character is abused).

If you're making something where it's expecected of 14 year olds to wed and bed in the culture (because medievalness) in the story then just have it happen "off screen."
 

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I have seen at least one story where the MC got (reverse) raped at 12 which I reported (and I don't want to end up running into another one of those again). The site rule explicitly states 18+ so therefore there shouldn't be anything that isn't, and if you're wanting to write child pornography and post it on the internet, then go find a site that doesn't have an age of consent. It would probably be really smart to avoid explicit material for any character under 18, and just build story around it where it's clear it happened off screen (even more so if the character is abused).

If you're making something where it's expecected of 14 year olds to wed and bed in the culture (because medievalness) in the story then just have it happen "off screen."
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I'd like to add something to this if it's okay. Actually, I've answered a similar concern before, so I thought I should copy-paste my post with some small additions. Here it is:


"My fiction, Terror in Ryokan, contains a scene depicting a teenage girl (It's obvious she's in her late teens, but her age isn't explicitly mentioned, so there's no way to know for sure whether or not she's a minor) engaging in necrophilia with the dead body of another, similarly-aged character. The scene isn't described in detail - mostly because I'm completely embarrassed by unused to writing sexual stuff and the scene is more for shock factor as the sort-of climax of the story - and is mostly conveyed through the character's dialogue, moaning, etc.

Before uploading the particular chapter the scene in question takes place in, I was concerned about whether or not it violated the content guidelines. But in the end I received permission to upload it from Tony personally after messaging him about it. If it helps, feel free to use the scene as a reference for what could be considered "light enough to pass" or as a guideline for how far you're allowed to go with these sorts of things.

Personally, I feel the scene kind of pushes the boundaries a bit, so I'm grateful for Tony's generosity."

Of course, the focus here is more about whether or not the necrophilia was allowed, but I hope it helped in some way. Thank you.
 

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Of course, the focus here is more about whether or not the necrophilia was allowed, but I hope it helped in some way. Thank you.
At first it was a decent "oh you actually bothered to ask that's nice" but then you pulled THIS which is an absolute curve ball lmao
 

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the age of consent being 13 in Japan is only half-true. 13 is the lowest age that any prefecture may set as the age of consent, and except for two every single prefecture in Japan actually has the age of consent be in the 16-18 range. So even there sexual content of characters under 18 is almost everywhere still illegal.

Well, they do have their reasons for that considering during the '70s-'80s the crime paedophilia and sexual acts involving minors were out of control in Japan. So they resorted to making such content readily available in the form of Hentai, and since then they've had a steady decline in cases involving such things.
 

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Well, they do have their reasons for that considering during the '70s-'80s the crime paedophilia and sexual acts involving minors were out of control in Japan. So they resorted to making such content readily available in the form of Hentai, and since then they've had a steady decline in cases involving such things.
Can't believe Japan went from a sex-crazed world-dominating force to a birth-rate-declining workaholic nation smh not even D.VA got nerfed this hard
 

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Can't believe Japan went from a sex-crazed world-dominating force to a birth-rate-declining workaholic nation smh not even D.VA got nerfed this hard

It is a funny thought when you sit there and think about it. But hell if what they're doing is keeping the problem from effecting real people then who am I to argue with them, after all, they only make that stuff readily available in the form of fictional characters so there's no direct harm being done at the end of the day.
 
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