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

[RebeccaMumsnet]

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?

So did we ever find out who complained then?
Or does she mean she read it and told her mate that she didn't like it?

I'm pretty sure the OP of the penis beaker thread wasn't disappointed at the lack of 'support'.

Also, who on earth is she to decided what MN should be for? Isn't that Justine's choice?

I can't remember when I last saw my underbelly. DS1 is nearly 10, so at least a decade ago.

There's a guy works down our chip shop swears he's Joanna Baxter.

But he's a liar, and I'm not sure about you.

DM lazy journalism at its very best here.

They couldn't even be arsed to come up with a new imaginary friend. They've used Joanna Baxter as well .

Daily Fail have jumped on it also: www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2471399/Parenting-site-Mumsnet-hijacked-X-rated-sex-threads.html

Yup, we're all horrible half-crazy women. And clearly we should not be having or discussing sex. Mumsnet is for talking about mumthings like nappies, not womanthings like sex. Obviously.

What the hell, what a weird article. Sure trolls exists but Mn isn't hijacked just because someone posts about sex.
And what's up with the comments, the latest ones are men randomly vomiting up their general hate for women.

Ooh, now I am a 'hardcore regular', apparently.

They make us sound like Prisoner Cell Block H

Whilst not a prerequisite, the majority of mums will have had sex, at least once, to become a mum.

It's not Virginsnet.

What do i think of this? I didn't think it was that slow a news day. DM wouldn't suprise me, and I haven't clicked on the link, but the Telegraph?

surprise.

I don't understand the purpose of the article(s) at all. Was it to bash MN, or to lead trolls here?
Or was it satire.

"It's not Virginsnet"

I rather liked this comment on the DT piece: 'Mumsnet is almost completely full of lefty bints like Samcam'

I now feel bad for starting a thread panicking about bleach marks yesterday.

I should have known that it would lead to thoughts of anal bleaching with toothpaste and thence to Friday night bumsex shenanigans (and other sinful and tainted acts), leading proper muvvers astray.

Someone should link poor old Joanna Baxter to the magnificent 50 Shades of Mumsnet thread.

Ah, I see the Comments on the Fail article are full of the usual whangers who came on here once, said something crass and got the kicking they deserved...

It was a very dull article indeed.
Nice comment by MN though

I hope we don'g get another pathetic influx of whiny male pervs because of this.

We will youre. We will.

Exactly SGB

Oh dear, Caramel. [jowly Churchill] "We will fight them on the beakers..."

The penis beaker thread was quite dull after the initial I thought.

Why does a national newspaper get het up about what gets discussed on a forum full of adults? Female adults (in the majority) right enough, but adults nonetheless. Kind of. Wimmin do count as 'adults', yes??

[too much for my pretty little head]

I read the first page of "beaker" and - I confess - fund it a little bit boring but with a sense of...uh oh.

The real MN sex threads are to be found over >>>>>

*found