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Full page (gross) Ann Summers adverts

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JustSayWhen · 27/07/2025 10:16

I've added a picture, though I don't know if it will be allowed. Ann Summers adverts have been popping up mid thread for a few days, mostly pictures of women in thongs and stockings from behind though also a model with crosses over her nips in some sheer thing. It's so embarrassing if I'm browsing MN in the queue for Pilates or at a coffee shop and someone looks over my shoulder and sees these tacky, porny images.

I thought ads were targeted but I have never visited the Ann Summers site in my life and never would - it's all nasty polyester, I feel itchy just seeing the adverts. I'm surprised ads featuring naked bums are ok on Mumsnet - it's really putting me off scrolling! Shouldn't they be blocked?

Full page (gross) Ann Summers adverts
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IZK · 01/08/2025 17:50

Fizzer5 · 01/08/2025 13:27

It is a bit embarrassing to get these when you are using a library. A man using in similar place would be thrown out as a sex fiend.
Not seen any today.

Huh?

Are you seriously saying that if a man logged into Mumsnet at a library, he'd be thrown out because of an Ann Summers advert?

Really?

Gobacktotheworld · 01/08/2025 14:05

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Fizzer5 · 01/08/2025 13:27

It is a bit embarrassing to get these when you are using a library. A man using in similar place would be thrown out as a sex fiend.
Not seen any today.

Buxusmortus · 31/07/2025 21:50

@BeckyAMumsnet

I have just seen the bare buttocks and stockings Ann Summers advert on a thread about death and again there was no way of getting rid of it.

I would like to know which ones you blocked if that one is still allowed on the site.

TheHillsIsLonely · 31/07/2025 20:52

Flashing Ann Summers is back tonight. I thought they had been blocked.

NewAgeNewMe · 31/07/2025 20:24

Thank you

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BeckyAMumsnet · 31/07/2025 11:47

Hi there, not all ads are required to have an ‘X’ to close them. Some types are designed to stay on the screen for a short time, which is allowed under standard advertising rules.

We’ve blocked a number of the ads that were flagged, but if you spot any others you think we should see, please do let us know and we’ll review them.

NoBinturongsHereMate · 30/07/2025 22:34

BeckyAMumsnet · 28/07/2025 17:13

Hi all - thanks for your comments. This ad is appearing via programmatic advertising, which means it's not directly placed by us but arrives through an open auction system. Advertisers bid in real time to show ads based on things like page content, general browsing behaviour, and what the algorithm thinks you might be interested in - it doesn't necessarily mean you or anyone around you has been Googling something similar. Ann Summers is a permitted advertiser on Mumsnet, but we appreciate that some of the imagery may not appeal to everyone.

If you'd prefer not to see ads like this, you can click the small "X" or "AdChoices" icon (usually at the top corner of the ad) and follow the options to provide feedback or manage your ad preferences. This helps refine what types of ads are shown to you based on your interests. You can also manage this for everything you may see on Google: https://myadcenter.google.com/kids?sasb=true&ref=ad-settings

Thanks again for the feedback.

As PP have pointed out, this advert (alone, of all the ads I've seen on MN today) doesn't have the x/ad choices button.

Why not?

Buxusmortus · 30/07/2025 15:53

IDontHateRainbows · 30/07/2025 13:58

If anyone is belittling anyone it's not the posters who are asking what the fuss is all about

One of the anti ann summers posters accused another poster of having a shameful sex life! Just because they don't agree on the matter of MN hosting these ads.

Why is that ok?

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Really? You don't think those posters are trying to belittle people who find the ads offensive?
These are some of the comments from the pro Ann Summers ad brigade describing posters who object to the ads. No one could say these comments weren't trying to belittle:

Prudes

Having unhealthy sexual relationships

If they don't like the ads they should talk to a therapist

Sexually repressed

Have issues

Jealous middle-aged women who can no longer get away with wearing lingerie

All that simply because they object to seeing pictures of a woman's bare buttocks and a topless french maid outfit on threads about dementia, sexual abuse and children in Gaza.

IHaveAlwaysLivedintheCastle · 30/07/2025 14:04

IDontHateRainbows · 30/07/2025 13:58

If anyone is belittling anyone it's not the posters who are asking what the fuss is all about

One of the anti ann summers posters accused another poster of having a shameful sex life! Just because they don't agree on the matter of MN hosting these ads.

Why is that ok?

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I am that poster. It wouldn't be ok if I'd started it but you and your chum started throwing out insults, and are so determined to insist everyone should see these ads I can only assume such vehemence comes from your own inadeqaucies.

Oh and drop the whinging about "shaming" that's exactly what you and that other poster are trying to do to anyone who disagrees with you.

IHaveAlwaysLivedintheCastle · 30/07/2025 13:59

IDontHateRainbows · 30/07/2025 12:43

I'm not the one that needs another word though am I...I'm perfectly happy with the Collins version.

Anyway as goback says maybe it's not fair to expect you too much from you.

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Anyway as goback says maybe it's not fair to expect you too much from you.

Well I certainly can't reply to that incoherent gobbleygook.

IDontHateRainbows · 30/07/2025 13:58

Buxusmortus · 30/07/2025 13:24

Why is it so important for some posters to try to belittle other posters for objecting to these Ann summers adverts?

Calling people prudes or making out that there's something deeply wrong with people who don't want to see bare buttocks and skimpy underwear designed to titillate is not going to achieve anything. It won't make those people think they suddenly do want to see those ads or that they are fools to object to them. I do wonder whether these strenuous posters are men because of the level to which they seem determined that others should have to view these pictures of half naked women in adverts for a sex shop.

I echo others' comments that it's impossible to remove the ads. One popped up again last night, no arrow but some lines which I pressed, it sent me to a website where all I could do was say whether I wanted personalised ads or not, no option to remove. If ads like this are shown then at least give the option to remove.

If anyone is belittling anyone it's not the posters who are asking what the fuss is all about

One of the anti ann summers posters accused another poster of having a shameful sex life! Just because they don't agree on the matter of MN hosting these ads.

Why is that ok?

Buxusmortus · 30/07/2025 13:24

Why is it so important for some posters to try to belittle other posters for objecting to these Ann summers adverts?

Calling people prudes or making out that there's something deeply wrong with people who don't want to see bare buttocks and skimpy underwear designed to titillate is not going to achieve anything. It won't make those people think they suddenly do want to see those ads or that they are fools to object to them. I do wonder whether these strenuous posters are men because of the level to which they seem determined that others should have to view these pictures of half naked women in adverts for a sex shop.

I echo others' comments that it's impossible to remove the ads. One popped up again last night, no arrow but some lines which I pressed, it sent me to a website where all I could do was say whether I wanted personalised ads or not, no option to remove. If ads like this are shown then at least give the option to remove.

IDontHateRainbows · 30/07/2025 12:43

IHaveAlwaysLivedintheCastle · 30/07/2025 12:25

Why do you need a word? Why is it so important to you that these ads should be forced on everyone?

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I'm not the one that needs another word though am I...I'm perfectly happy with the Collins version.

Anyway as goback says maybe it's not fair to expect you too much from you.

YourFairCyanReader · 30/07/2025 12:41

@JustSayWhen I agree with everything you're saying and thank you for continuing to raise this with @mumsnet

Gobacktotheworld · 30/07/2025 12:32

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IHaveAlwaysLivedintheCastle · 30/07/2025 12:25

IDontHateRainbows · 30/07/2025 12:14

I'm sure if there was an insult throwing contest, you'd win! If you'd like to suggest another, less insulting word for those who cannot bear the sight of an ann summers clad arse, open to suggestions.

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Why do you need a word? Why is it so important to you that these ads should be forced on everyone?

IDontHateRainbows · 30/07/2025 12:14

IHaveAlwaysLivedintheCastle · 30/07/2025 09:39

Oh yeah, sure you were. Prude was used as an insult and you know it.

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I'm sure if there was an insult throwing contest, you'd win! If you'd like to suggest another, less insulting word for those who cannot bear the sight of an ann summers clad arse, open to suggestions.

IHaveAlwaysLivedintheCastle · 30/07/2025 09:39

IDontHateRainbows · 30/07/2025 09:35

When did I dish out insults? I merely said there were prudish posts, I'm not using prude as an insult but a descriptor, so you are the one making that inference.

You are a prude, so own it with your head held high and accept yourself for who you are as there's a lot of projected shame going on here.

I never said there was anything wrong with being a prude, merely that MN shouldn't be dictated to re ad choices by a minority of site users.

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Oh yeah, sure you were. Prude was used as an insult and you know it.

IDontHateRainbows · 30/07/2025 09:35

IHaveAlwaysLivedintheCastle · 30/07/2025 08:46

Oh dear, I'm "shaming" you. What a pity. Yes the Benny Hill comment was low but I'm not the poster who started throwing out insults. You're happy to dish out insults, but poor little you starts whinging if you get them back.

Why are you and Gobacktotheworld so invested in forcing other posters to see pornographic content?

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When did I dish out insults? I merely said there were prudish posts, I'm not using prude as an insult but a descriptor, so you are the one making that inference.

You are a prude, so own it with your head held high and accept yourself for who you are as there's a lot of projected shame going on here.

I never said there was anything wrong with being a prude, merely that MN shouldn't be dictated to re ad choices by a minority of site users.

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JustSayWhen · 30/07/2025 09:16

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But you long for an old poster who apparently used to take women to task for daring to object to porn and prostitution. So you don't like us complaining about a knicker advert, but you also don't think we should voice any concerns about pornography and sex work because according to you, that's prudish too. You're suggesting that you have a real hang up about women on this site stating any kind of issue they have when it comes to sex.

If you can scroll past the cheese pictures without getting triggered, perhaps you could also scroll past threads where women voice concerns about matters of a sexual nature without being triggered to stop and berate them for it?

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IHaveAlwaysLivedintheCastle · 30/07/2025 08:49

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Sexual consent doesn't arise because it's a knicker advert and not pornographic.

Tell me you have no idea what you're talking about without telling me you have no idea what you're talking about.

Gobacktotheworld · 30/07/2025 08:47

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IHaveAlwaysLivedintheCastle · 30/07/2025 08:46

IDontHateRainbows · 30/07/2025 08:35

Because it's a site with a wide reach. Why should 'some posters' dictate what MN can or cannot do when I bet 95% of people on this site don't really care either way. Why are YOU more important?

And now you're the one trying to shame others about their sex lives with the Benny Hill comment so you're hardly the paragon of moral virtue here.

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Oh dear, I'm "shaming" you. What a pity. Yes the Benny Hill comment was low but I'm not the poster who started throwing out insults. You're happy to dish out insults, but poor little you starts whinging if you get them back.

Why are you and Gobacktotheworld so invested in forcing other posters to see pornographic content?

Coffeeishot · 30/07/2025 08:41

Nobody is dictating they are objecting .