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'Mumsnet hijacked by sex discussions' - Telegraph article, your views?

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RebeccaMumsnet · 22/10/2013 14:28

Hi all,

There is an article in The Telegraph today discussing the "risqué underbelly" of Mumsnet, and claiming that the site is "being hijacked by women looking to share steamy details of their private lives, leading to complaints from mothers looking for serious advice."

Justine has commented in the article, saying: "Happily it seems some mothers do still have time for their sex lives and we're pleased to provide a go-to destination for straight answers when you need to ask life's important but often embarrassing questions."

What are your thoughts on this?

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stealthsquiggle · 22/10/2013 15:31

LOL at "Wikipedia on Nutella"

DaleyBump · 22/10/2013 15:33

I don't understand why we shouldn't talk about sex. Is sex bad? Should we not talk about it? Hmm

Funny feeling this article will lead to more weird traffic like the penis beaker.

BOF · 22/10/2013 15:36

Utter rubbish.

Mumsnet has not been hijacked by sex discussions- this place has always been filthy.

youretoastmildred · 22/10/2013 15:38

I think this is a serious issue actually. I was looking for proper sensible advice on how to manage austerity by cooking scrag end of dog and unpicking second hand curtains to make Sound of Music style uniforms for my children. but all I could find was a lot of stuff about PENIS BEAKER. So my family and I were forced to run straight out to a kebab shop and eat takeaways in front of a huge flat screen TV. now we are all common and fat. I BLAME PENIS BEAKER

SilverApples · 22/10/2013 15:39

'"It's not what Mumsnet is there for.'

One of the true joys of this site for me is that it doesn't have an agenda, or a mission or a stated vision. It's here because a huge number of people, mostly women, like to talk and share a huge number of random topics.

'It should be a tool to help parents bring up their kids'
So what of those who have no children, or whose children are grown?
What an exceedingly dim and limited observation, Joanna Baxter.
There are a dozen other sites that fit your straitjacket, MN is not one of them.

BaronessBomburst · 22/10/2013 15:39

Except the Good Housekeeping section.

BaronessBomburst · 22/10/2013 15:41

That was to BOF. X-posts while I double checked that we actually do have a Good Housekeeping section because I've never been there.

JoannaBaxterMillionaire · 22/10/2013 15:45

Penis beaker is old news.

Vagina bucket is where it's at.

Not to be confused with bucket vagina of course Wink

PiratePanda · 22/10/2013 15:46

Mildred Grin

semirurallife · 22/10/2013 15:46

I saw the thread when it started this morning and went off to do a chore thinking, hmm i 'must try to have more exciting dreams...! probably involving Brad Pitt...' and my DH of course ;)
Think its hilarious that the telegraph was offended. but then they probably assume we just discussing cooking tips...
The other day is saw on FB the thread about penis dunking after sex, and [my very staid] Dh and I cried laughing. it was lovely and refreshing to hear that people still have sex, if quite amusing in the detail.

Keep up the good work ladies

MooncupGoddess · 22/10/2013 15:49

Mothers have sex Shock

Surely nice women go straight from virgin bride to wholesome matron, with only a few incidents of nastiness in between to conceive their children (in darkened rooms with eyes shut, one imagines).

BOF · 22/10/2013 15:52

If I went onto Good Housekeeping, I'm sure I could lower the tone, Baroness Grin

OddBoots · 22/10/2013 15:53

An article written by someone who has never encountered the theory of the Madonna–whore complex?

morethanpotatoprints · 22/10/2013 15:55

The Torygraph deserve our sympathy, having just found out it isn't the stork that delivers babies. What a bunch of twunts.

JoannaBaxterMillionaire · 22/10/2013 15:55

BOF :)

BigBoPeep · 22/10/2013 15:58

Dunno about anyone else, but sex is a big important part of my life, not to mention how I got my children: it'd be totally weird for mumsnet to be a sex free zone. In fact, there isn't really enough of it Grin

Don't mind me, I'm ovulating....

HesterShaw · 22/10/2013 16:00

Dear Telegraph.

Women have sex. Some women even enjoy sex, just like men do! Sometimes sex is funny and makes for funny stories, and then it is fun to share those stories.

HTH

Love from Women.

Grennie · 22/10/2013 16:01

BOF - I think you should share that useful tip in good housekeeping.

caramelwaffle · 22/10/2013 16:03

That's correct Mooncup

Correct and proper.

Elfhame · 22/10/2013 16:05

Read all about it! Mothers talk about sex shocker!

Have I just stepped into a tardis and gone back to 1952?

Elfhame · 22/10/2013 16:07

BOF you need a little white beaker beside the bed for spitting the spunk in alongside green penis dunking one!

c'mon, I thought everyone did that! Wink

BaronessBomburst · 22/10/2013 16:08

^^ what Grennie said!

BaronessBomburst · 22/10/2013 16:09

Is that why the cup from behind the curtains was mouldy?

TheHouseCleaner · 22/10/2013 16:09

Ms Baxter, have you been sniffing glue?

olgaga · 22/10/2013 16:10

Have I missed something? The only thing risqué about my underbelly is when it comes untucked from my trousers.