Right MNHQ, I'm looking at you.

In the last week, 12 threads started with 'sex' in the title, majority in 'relationships', 2 about anal sex, 1 about bodily fluids during sex, 1 about penis size...

That's one week. Daftpunk, not having the topic isn't keeping it off MN, it's just having it all over MN instead.

Yes, if you read this thread dp, you'll see we've discussed that. People post outside of appropriate topics all the time, especially in AIBU and in chat, of course they do. But we haven't disbanded all other topics have we? And MN have the facility to move stuff to other topics (they sometimes do this) and we have the ability to encourage people to post in the appropriate place. It's people like you I was trying to help.

And a quick archive search reveals that it was neither politics nor religion but a thread entitled 'AIBU to believe that MN is obsessed with anal sex'. And you're on there talking about anal sex...

I understand that you don't want to see it on here. That was one of my reasons for suggesting the topic. The other being, I don't like seeing it in 'relationships' next to domestic violence, divorce etc.

And as others have eloquently pointed out, why shouldn't adult women talk about sex? And why shouldn't other people have the option not to see it?

So it happens daftpunk, you agree. And you believe it inappropriate. But you can't stop it happening. You can however have a topic for it, voila a more appropriate place and then hide the topic so it's not on your MN.

And daftpunk, I distinctly recall you chatting on here about how you think any men who enjoy anal sex are gay (yes if said sex is exclusively with men).

If that's not talking about sex, I don't know what is.

Radished has answered your question because she's wonderful and clever. Just this last week there has been a thread about threesomes, one about men's orgasms, one about excretions during sex and those are the ones I've seen. They're here daily. Women have sex and this site is mainly women. Women have questions about sex. Women have problems with sex. And women make jokes about sex.

The topic would provide the dual purpose of moving sex away from 'relationships' where it currently resides and would give you the option to hide it.

And dp, I don't want to talk about threesomes and other stuff on MN, don't really want to talk about them in rl but they crop up again and again and again.

And for some people MN is the only place you can ask and you're anonymous and don't have to blush and cringe in real life. Give those women the respect and support they need. Of course they should be able to ask here.

I don't particularly want to spend valuable Internet time gushing over a frock but other women do and hence Style and Beauty. You might not want to talk about it but other do and they're doing it anyway.

I have never seen that before, seriously. And, ironically, just had an adult content notice flash up.

Well, that's um, isn't he just, and, er...

I may need a few minutes.

Going to google David Tennant to cheer me up...

wasn't even

I'm so cross I can't type.

And I looked at a picture of David Mitchell this morning and felt no stirrings.

I'm broken.

I'm still cross you know.

I don't actually want to create more work for MNHQ you know and am sorry that it already has with people emailing you directly to say they don't want a sex topic. Interestingly, only 2 people said that on here and nobody on the other thread I started. So, having no idea what they said, I can only respond with 'no they didn't, it isn't like that and they're all wrong'.

I genuinely don't see the attracting weirdies thing. Because of everything I already said. They're here anyway, this isn't a weirdy topic it's a genuine topic for consenting women who are old enough to be able to talk about sex with each other but sensitive enough to understand that perhaps others don't want to see it or it isn't necessary to splash it across the entire website.

And I know bugger all about internet law and procedure but it does strike me that if having a dedicated topic means that you have to add filters then aren't we in a strange loophole here? Because the threads are already there, the content is already sexual and graphic, yet we don't warn for it atm. And I've never had an adult content warning for Netmums and they have the topic. It's a bleak day when they are more progressive than we are.

It is ridiculous that we can start threads with whatever profanities we like, describe whatever sexual scenarios we like, link to any old image we choose to but somehow it's the putting in its own topic that is problematic.

What if it was 'Sex, health and contraception' like Netmums? Because actually there are oodles of contraception threads too, as well as sexual health threads. Would the amalgamation make it more acceptable to you? Journalists less likely to titter about a dedicated sex topic if they could see it was a serious topic that pertains to us all. Which is what it would be.

And oh but magnate was the only typo. I was going to start a new thread campaigning for members to be immediately banned as soon as one post contains more than 3 spelling or grammatical errors but we'd have to lose our dear leader and the esteemed cdo (sic).