Why do you want to even pretend to have sex with a child?

Thank you for asking that question but why, exactly, would I even want to pretend to have sex with a child?

So.  Little 101 on D/Lg here for newcomers.  Answers #9 and #10 will surprise you.

1) Just like a little kid doesn’t become an adult when they play “dress up” in grownup clothes, grown-ass adults don’t become children when they play “dress up” in cute outfits.

2) Anyone who thinks you can mistake an adult human being’s body with that of a small child or even a teenager has never been a parent or cared for an actual child.

3) Ditto for anyone who thinks an adult human being with a Little kink really thinks, acts, or has the same motivations, emotions, or degrees of interaction.

4) This one’s actually really important: most Littles aren’t don’t “regress” to childhood, or suck on lollipops or pacifiers, wear diapers, or talk baby talk.  Yeah, there are some and they might be the most visible or most easily caricatured.  But as with most stereotypes they don’t represent most Littles.  Whether it makes it any “better” for the anon is an open question, but far more Littles are more of a “come home to Daddy” attitude.  In other words most Littles “regress” to… adulthood!  

5) Similarly, most Daddies aren’t into Littles who “regress” to childhood.

6) Shorter #4 & #5: most Littles see themselves as adults, not children; most Daddies are attracted to Littles who see themselves and are adults.

7) And not to be a total disappointment for your lurid stereotyping, but among those Littles who do regress, most of them are non-sexual when they’re in “Little space” and quite a few “24/7″ Littles aren’t sexual at all!

8) Shorter #7: Most D/Lg sex isn’t “pretending to be a child having sex” or “pretending to have sex with a child” at all.

9) Speaking of which, nice way to erase the agency of adult Littles.  Given the relative distribution of “Daddies” to “Littles” you might want to go fine one of the thousands and thousands of Little blogs and ask “Why do you even want to pretend to be a child having sex?”

10) You’ll seriously have to go ask a Little that question, not least because I’d be an asshole if I tried to ascribe anyone else’s motivations, wouldn’t I?  With any luck one of them will be generous and give you a considerate, well thought out answer.  

11) That doesn’t mean that in practice Littles and Daddies (or other CareGiver types because Littles aren’t only drawn to Daddies) don’t roleplay tropes and cliches of age play.  And if you’re triggered by age play I can see how that would bother you, the same way that many other roleplaying games can bother people when it cuts to close to home for them.

Thank you for asking the question.  Everyone in their right mind should be vigilant for and critical of anything that would encourage sexual interaction with non-adults.  Yes, it’s criminal to do so, and yes it’s also morally and ethically wrong, and yes in neither legal nor cognitive terms is it possible for a minor to give consent.  But more importantly, when adults have sex with minors it almost always fucks up the minor’s ability to have meaningful sexual and romantic relationships for the rest of their lives.  Ted Bundy notoriously asked “what’s the life of one girl out of billions” and the only possible answer was “infinitely more than yours, you fucking monster.”  Same’s true of any adult who imagines there’s “no harm” in having sex with minors.