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To be fed up of sexual fetishists on here?

224 replies

brasty · 14/10/2017 12:56

So many threads at the moment that are obviously posters looking for wank fodder. Including disgustingly a fair number to do with children. So fed up of these. And so fed up of so many staying up for several days even though they are reported.

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MrsOverTheRoad · 14/10/2017 13:26

I've been here years and can usually spot one a mile off. The OP of the thread in question HAS only posted once before but it has the ring of truth about it to me.

Of course, I could be wrong. She's/he's not been back for a while!

Pidlan · 14/10/2017 13:27

It's a shame to guilt-trip women about sharing their experiences of abuse, just because someone might read it with the wrong intentions. Sharing can be very healing, and, particularly when it comes to sharing stories of abuse, women don't feel like there's anywhere to go to share them.

MrsOverTheRoad · 14/10/2017 13:28

Pidlan nobody's "guilt tripping" anyone. People are trying to protect them.

Perverts getting off on people's personal stories is sick!

Saucery · 14/10/2017 13:28

YANBU. But dare to point it out and you are the Bad Person. People really are checking in their common sense at the door on here recently.

Saucery · 14/10/2017 13:29

I suspect Pidlan is referring to me. He/she is finding it difficult not to conflate Caution with Silencing.

brasty · 14/10/2017 13:31

Oh god, the last thing I want to do is guilt trip women. And I have naively shared things on threads too. But there seem to be so many.

So one thread in a blue moon by a regular poster saying - my DD is 7 and says all the girls in her class wear x kind of knickers, is this true? Yes genuine. But multiple threads all the time, by new names, coming up with some scenario to ask about children's knickers, needs to be deleted by MN. And I suspect the sex topic has simply encouraged fetishists to come here.

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brasty · 14/10/2017 13:32

Goldfishsoals You really don't care whether what you post, whether true or not about your child, is used as wank fodder by the OP? I do.

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ShoesHaveSouls · 14/10/2017 13:34

YANBU, it's rife at the moment. I find it slightly sickening.

brasty · 14/10/2017 13:35

Although I hope I don't get banned for pointing this out.

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ShoesHaveSouls · 14/10/2017 13:35

I assume the 'child wet themselves in class' is another? I didn't read it, it's been taken down already.

This forum is becoming unusable.

insancerre · 14/10/2017 13:37

It is becoming unusable and I couldn't even get on the forum this morning on the train as the free wifi provider had blocked it

Sallystyle · 14/10/2017 13:37

YANBU

Some are just too naive to see what is going on.

CuckooClockChimes · 14/10/2017 13:38

I haven't seen any of these threads and had no idea about this. Disgusting.

Saucery · 14/10/2017 13:38

All the Child Wet Themselves threads are creepy trolls looking for anecdotes. It's become quite ridiculous of late. Word must have got round that if you go to Mumsnet they'll write your next fantasy for you.

ZerbaPadnaTigre · 14/10/2017 13:40

Even if you don't care about people wanking over your stories, the fact that they get lots of stories will keep them coming back and attract even more of the same. Other forums have no problem with members pointing it out for what it is and the posters get bored and move on because they're not getting what they want.

And if you're going to take the line that MN is about helping women and sharing stories helps women then look at the women on this thread saying that they had no idea this goes on. Looks like pointing out that the threads are started by perverts helps women too.

LineysRun · 14/10/2017 13:41

Yes, I agree that this site now has a massive problem. I wonder how soon the advertisers will cotton on. That might cause some actual action to be taken.

Meanwhile it's By Perverts For Perverts most days.

brasty · 14/10/2017 13:42

Sadly I think there as so many sexual fetishists on here now, that unless it is a poster with a long posting history, be very wary of any post dealing with wee, poo, periods, knickers, sexual tips, or anything about potentially inappropriate behavior of children that could be seen as sexual.

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Marinade · 14/10/2017 13:46

@Brasty agreed, I reported the thread about the toddler's behaviour in nursery. I do not believe that any sane person would refer to a child in that way.

Saucery · 14/10/2017 13:46

I think it should be treated in much the same way as threads about suicide. If you're going into detail then your thread gets zapped. Surely CEOPs have loads of advice on this for websites?

Iamagreyhoundhearmeroar · 14/10/2017 13:48

Absolutely. But anyone suggesting anything amiss is instantly savaged. Or indeed, banned. I wonder why?
The evidence is clearly there.

brasty · 14/10/2017 13:48

Marinade I am so sick, that I was so fucking naive.

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Iamagreyhoundhearmeroar · 14/10/2017 13:49

The gory detail doesn’t come from the op, Saucery. I think that’s rather the point...

SquirrelPlantedBeech · 14/10/2017 13:50

YANBU. Agree completely. I’m not spending much time here lately because of so many grim threads started by pervs .

ghostyslovesheets · 14/10/2017 13:53

yanbu

I was very suspicious of a post on the thread about sexual assault yesterday that seemed to be goading people into sharing stuff about their toddlers and masurbation - very unsettling :(

Goldfishshoals · 14/10/2017 13:54

Anything could be 'wank fodder'. Someone could look at your child walking in the street and have a wank fantasy about them. Everyone posting on this thread has probably been wanked over by a stranger.

People post what they want to and calling others naive and wanting to stop them posting what they want just because you aren't comfortable is pretty shitty.

If you don't want to post on a thread, don't. Stop trying to control what others do under the guise of worrying about children who might not even exist, let alone be harmed.

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