Overall I feel like no underage and no bestiality rules don't do their job very well.
It would probably help to understand that the CHYOA rules serve as legal requirements to prevent the site from being taken down. They reflect current laws in the USA, I believe. It's the same reasoning as making users confirm their adulthood - it protects CHYOA from legal repercussions.
First one is easily circumvented with just "this character is 18 y.o." it doesn't matter that character looks and behaves like shota or loli, everyone is satisfied. Or there was virus outbreak or whatever and half of population is now looks underage.
As mentioned above, this is actually against the rules. Please report any chapter that matches this description, and a moderator will take a closer look.
With bestiality everything goes to the Harkness Test. And while it filters out most outrageous bestiality cases, it also should filter out alot of other content. How about tentacles or vines? Those are clearly not intelligent enough and can be considered alive, so why is that allowed?
Also mentioned above: these are
not considered alive. In real life, animals have rights; plants and other inanimate objects do not.
I'm not exactly sure what hides behind "monster" tag, but I can guess that's some semi intelligent fantastic beasts that try to rape you. What about goblins or orcs? Those are usually described as stupid, and therefore should fail Harkness Test as well.
The Harkness test demands
human intelligence. I've personally met plenty of people who could be outwitted by the average orc or goblin.
Ah, and people's favorite - your usual "virus that turns every female into sex crazed bimbo"? Its such a common plot device but even this clearly violates Harkness Test.
Again,
human intelligence. A human isn't considered an animal by virtue of being stupid. I'm not going to be arrested for bestiality because my girlfriend can't spell 'restaurant'.
Harkness Test has a reason: main objection to bestiality is that animals can't express informed consent. Even if animal is horny, it can't comprehend all the subtle nuances and implications of the act it tries to perform, therefore engaging in intercourse with it would be considered that human just "uses" hapless animal for his own pleasure. That can be considred as cruel treatment and animal abuse. Harnkness Test was designed to eliminate such issue. But if you use it as guideline, you just can't have "con-consent" content on this site at all. Harkness Test operates on presumption that non-consent is wrong. If we take that premise away, it just ceases to work. More so, it will suddenly become apparent that we care about animals more than we care about humans, otherwise, how is it possible that non-consent only prohibited toward other species, but is tolerated in regard to humans? Enforcing no bestiality and no underage rules, while tolerating non-consent appears very hypocritical to me.
I agree. I think that the real reason for the illegality of bestiality is that society considers sex between a human and animal to be inherently repulsive, regardless of any measure of consent. That's why it's unacceptable to write about.
I believe that these 2 rules were enforced cause both underage sex and bestiality are highly illegal
Believe it all you like, but it's wrong. The two rules are enforced because it's illegal to
write about those subjects. The same is not true of non-con fantasies.
I think the act of rape is illegal because it harms the victim; if there's no victim, then there's no issue. Bestiality and pedophilia are illegal because, in addition to harming the victim, they are considered morally repulsive.
