To ask you to sign a petition against the Family Sex Show?

[Redskiesatnight]

Petition here ⬇️

www.change.org/p/stop-the-family-sex-show?utm_content=cl_sharecopy_32952325_en-GB%3A8&recruiter=249373746&recruited_by_id=7e1bf480-c7ca-11e4-8dce-7d123ca309ed&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=f89cc58ea9774280a39831eeac665f6e

For those who aren’t aware of the Family Sex Show, here’s their website:

thefamilysexshow.com/

Thanks

How can a sex show be "non-binary" anyway?

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@Redannie118

No. Child sex education is vitally important. If you dont deem it suitable for your child, dont go. No where in the description does it state they will force 5 year olds to watch masturbation. It wouldnt have been allowed to be viewed for children if deemed pornographic. As I said its a theatre show, its not compulsory.

So teach them the pants rule, give them agency and the language they need to keep themselves safe. This smacks of grooming to me.

Have signed!

Signed and bumped.

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Signed. Sadly due to be shown at our nearest theatre, but who would buy tickets?

@axolotlfloof

Signed. Sadly due to be shown at our nearest theatre, but who would buy tickets?

Captured parents and dirty old men, I should imagine.

Personally I’ll reserve judgement until there’s more details about what is included (apparently a full run down of the show is coming thefamilysexshow.com/what-happens-in-the-show)

I don’t think seeing people naked is inherently wrong or grooming though. There’s plenty of cultures where it’s much more normalised than in the UK.

Wow! This exactly why this show is needed. People currently have very limited options for sex education. Prudish parents who avoid the topic and porn. This offers an opportunity to explore sex in a safe environment and open conversations (with their parents).

Please read the website carefully, the nudity is for less than 5 minutes! And certainly no one has sex on the stage! It’s an opportunity to see a normal person nude. Children/teens are curious, that’s a fact. They search for naked bodies on the internet and come across a lot worse! They are simply giving them the chance to see a normal everyday naked body. Not one, full or silicon and line that they would come across on the internet.

A lot of what the OP is saying simply isn’t true. Please read the website and judge for yourself. It’s a show meant to open the conversation between families about sex. If it’s not for you, move along. But actually for many, if conversations around sex were normalised (obviously age appropriately) then children and teens would be a lot safer and know how to protect themselves from the whole host of issues that surround sex.

Signed and shared.

People who think this is ok have no idea about teaching safe, appropriate boundaries or safeguarding of young people.

@Motherchicken "Prudish parents who avoid the topic and porn."

Are you seriously saying that parents who avoid porn are "prudish"?

Wow. You know this is aimed at children of 5 years old up?

@Motherchicken

Wow! This exactly why this show is needed. People currently have very limited options for sex education. Prudish parents who avoid the topic and porn. This offers an opportunity to explore sex in a safe environment and open conversations (with their parents).

Please read the website carefully, the nudity is for less than 5 minutes! And certainly no one has sex on the stage! It’s an opportunity to see a normal person nude. Children/teens are curious, that’s a fact. They search for naked bodies on the internet and come across a lot worse! They are simply giving them the chance to see a normal everyday naked body. Not one, full or silicon and line that they would come across on the internet.

A lot of what the OP is saying simply isn’t true. Please read the website and judge for yourself. It’s a show meant to open the conversation between families about sex. If it’s not for you, move along. But actually for many, if conversations around sex were normalised (obviously age appropriately) then children and teens would be a lot safer and know how to protect themselves from the whole host of issues that surround sex.

Unrelated adults wanting young children to see them naked - either on a stage or by pulling back a trenchcoat - it isn't the message most parents are teaching their kids. An adults who want young children to see their genitals tells me that these performing adults likely have major issues that are leading to this need to expose themselves to children. Remember this nudity is in the context of sex education - and sex education for young children does not need to involve exposing gentials to children. That isn't the sex education that most parents want their kids to have. To teach them it is healthy for unrelated adults to get naked around them or invite them to see their naked genitals. Most people teach their kids the opposite.

Nudity in the context of a performance on sex is not right for kids.

The number of people who are innocently assuming that it’s ‘sex education’ with a shocking title, that the actors have teaching backgrounds, that the content is ‘modern’ but must be ok if it’s being hosted by a theatre, is worrying. Lack of critical thinking skills there.

@Moppincraxy
No I’m saying there are different avenues two of them are

1. Prudish parents
2. Porn

And yes any parent not willing to discuss porn with their teen I would deem prudish. And no I’m not saying discuss your likes and interest. I’m saying acknowledging that it exists. Conversations around it not being a “normal” experience of sex. Conversations around consent and sexual exploitation involved in porn. Conversations around what sexual context children and teens should not share on the internet.

@Midlifemusings Everything has context. If you were going to take a child to see a show like this you would have conversations before hand. You would explain their may be some nudity and what they can do if they feel uncomfortable. This is very different from a man jumping out of the bushes naked at the local park. And to be quite honest, if your child/ teen can’t tell the difference the two acts there are some pretty urgent conversations that need to be had.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t believe a show like this would be ideal for a 5 year old. But I also don’t believe it is aimed at 5 year olds. But I think it will open the door to making it less of a taboo subject for teens. Primary school children are accessing porn, they are sending sexual images. It’s not right!
This is just another tool in the arsenal for parents to educate their children or even themselves. Nothing wrong with another resource. It’s your choice whether you use it or not.

But I also don’t believe it is aimed at 5 year olds.

Why not adjust the age bracket to the one it is aimed at then? Rather than 5+? Seems pretty specific to me…

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@Motherchicken

In both cases you have adults wanting to expose their nakedness and genitals to children. Teens don't need to be exposed to that either. There is already enough problematic people in the world - why would I bring them to a show of adults who want to expose their genitals on stage for children / teens to look at. I am sure some of the exhibitionist adults find the idea of exposing themselves to children and teens to be sexually gratifying and that really isn't an environment kids / teens need to be in.

Performance art that has a sexual nature should be for a mature audience - not children.

And adults who want children to see their genitals in the context of talking about sex are not people I would ever want educating my kids. I prefer that to come from people who don't feel the need to expose themselves to children / teens.

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Oh joy the 'not wanting to introduce your 5 yo to pegging and people who are joyfully talking about sexual pleasure, and how sometimes saying no really means yes' crew and if you don't agree you're a judgy prude are here!

Motherchicken do you realise how they recruited people to run this show? They used Twitter, they asked for 'cis people, working class or disabled people' there was no requirement for a DBS check or a background in education.

You can not talk to a five year old in the same way as you can talk to a teen. There is so much wrong with this.

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