Is Naked Attraction suitable for kids?

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My friend told me recently that she lets her 11 year old girl and 10 year old boy watch Naked Attraction with her and her partner. She said it was educational and that she didn't want them growing up being ashamed of their bodies. AIBU to be shocked by this or am I being a prude? I have children of a similar age and would never allow them to watch something so graphic.

I'm ok with the nudity,I think it's quite good to see lots of different shapes and sizes but it's the chat that's not suitable imo.

No not a chance. My ex friend had a son of similar age, she would curl up on the sofa with him from to watch criminal minds etc. Poor kid is 15 now he is unsure if he is her son or life partner.
Let SC stay DC. How many 10 y.o need to see an adult penis or vulva.
She sounds weird like my ex friend.

I’m not easily shocked but a parent letting their kids watch
That programme would have me clutching my pearls.

Bloody awful show anyway.

Definitely not, quite concerning that she thinks it is! I’m also surprised they agreed to watch that with their mum, my kids that age would be embarrassed at the thought of anything like that and run for the hills!

Disgusting program what ever anyone’s age

The sexual language is completely inappropriate for children.

I'm 57 and I'm not even old enough to watch it! Teaches you that it's all about looks (and that no one has body hair, exempt me I guess)!

I watch Gogglebox with my 11 year old - which admittedly isn't always suitable either but it makes us both laugh - so she has seen clips of Naked Attraction from that. When I told her once I had actually watched a whole episode she said "OMG Mum you perv".
I have actually watched two full episodes now. I feel ashamed to admit that.

I don’t think it’s suitable for anyone actually. It’s absolutely awful. Can’t understand why anyone would want to watch such drivel!!

I've watched it with my teenagers and they were mortified and left the room

Fooking hell, no !
I’m no prude but it’s too much even for me .
I really don’t need to see people’s genitalia on TV .. gross

Wtf!

There's lots of talk about sex...really, really inappropriate

After few embarrassing giggles I am sure the kids will find it pretty gross and boring. The host is completely inappropriate and they all look much better with their clothes on

No.

Whilst there is nothing wrong with nudity and all kids should know that there is huge variation in bodies and to be aware of what a woman/man's body looks like there is absolutely no need to subject them to the actual premise of the programme which is to consider being with someone purely on the aesthetics of their penis or vagina.

You have some woman coming on with a self confessed vag like a hippo's yawn sizing up the girth of some dude's dick to make sure it will touch the sides....

No, Just no.

I would say no.

Good points: it shows different body shapes in their natural state without airbrushing

Bad points: they are picking a partner based on looks. Surely that just reinforces all the negative aspects if the person is chosen because of their small waist, big boobs, visually appealing genitals etc.

The nudity is alright (too many close ups for me though 😂) but they do speak quite graphically about sex in it so no I wouldn’t say it’s suitable for a child.

Definitely not!

I saw this show when I was on my break during a nightshift, and although I'd consider myself fairly broadminded, I found it really awful. The chat about genitalia is inappropriate and as pp have said, how do these people turn up at work or a family occasion having been a contestant?

I definitely wouldn't want children watching it.

I abhor that programme. I don’t even think it’s appropriate for adults, let alone children.

Body positive my arse. I've seen a few episodes and without exception all the participants had either 1) had plastic surgery 2) had gone to great lengths through exercise to change their body shape. Not to mention the proportion who remove all their body hair.

The whole point of it is that, one by one, people are judged too unattractive to go on a date with.

I think the ‘different bodies’ aspect is fine and beneficial but the whole show has a very lewd, sexual tone to it, lots of descriptions of sexual acts, descriptions of the ‘sort’ of genitalia preferred eg ‘nice tucked in vagina’ so no, I wouldn’t consider it suitable at all.

I used to watch this whilst doing 4-hour marathon feeds with a newborn. DH came across it once when he was doing a night feed later on and was "I cam across this programme last night and this screen came up and.....do you know what this is?" He was just agog and didn't know where to put himself. He's a grown man in his 50s.

If your friend wants your kids to not have hang ups, get her to take them to places where they'll see lots of different shapes - family swimming sessions etc. Don't foist this rubbish on them.

No definitely not.

I find it's quite bodyshaming if your own genitals aren't 'neat', 'clean', 'tidy' or whatever grim words of approval are selected for any given show. I find it offputting that there's more tattoo ink on show than body hair.

On the other hand, there's a message there if you're up to hearing it, ie choosing partners for appearance alone is a poor idea. I think that might be a bit subtle for the average 11-year-old.