Sunday Times article on Mumsnet being too Raunchy

[vandubby]

Did anyone else see this yesterday? I've been searching the threads, and I can't find any mention of it. Hilarious. Especially the references to Pirate Sex www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article7069748.ece

vandubby, yes I saw that.

Just shows there wasn't too much to write about the weekend, or it takes a bit of the flak off of Gordon Brown.

Why do the papers(well the Sunday Times) have a problem with adults writing or talking about adult things? Hardly planning a coup or other dastardly deeds, but I suppose if they shout about it good old Gordy(no I don't really think he is good, more a waste of space) will tax it.!!

There are at least 2 other threads on this subject. Seems all the papers are reporting it.

One imagines there are going to be a lot of voyeurs joining for a lurk on Friday.

Please can everyone agree to discuss nothing sexual at all for one night to disappoint them and make them go away?

THough there could be a nice line in interesting-sounding thread titles which turn out to be about cake making or suchlike.

haha - they have mentioned the sex tenchnics thread. even the mention of it makes me giggle.

" But critics feel the banter threatens to tarnish the site?s wholesome image "

What wholesome image is that then?

probably because a child might read it while surfing?

all these meeja articles are becoming a bit now, non?

I reckon Justine & Co must be gearing themselves up to sell (pushing the awareness rating and clicks & all that....)

really

Why are they all reporting it now though? its not as if any of the threads they refer to are recent ones- pirate sex was about five years ago! Hardly news!

Why is enjoying sex considered to not go with a "wholesome image" (as if we had one of those in the first case anyway...)? Everyone on here is an adult - it is a site for parents not children - and it's actually a good thing for children if their parents have a mutually-satisfying sex life, as their relationship is likely ot be better than if they are unhappy in that department.

The fact that a child could read it is a red herring. A child surfing the internet will find far worse than that, which is why they should always be supervised on the internet.

I think it's just daft how the press have to go from "they're all middle-class Boden wearers" to "Eww, they think about SEX, how disgusting"

But, goodness, Boden wearers don't have sex do they?

Course they don't grace. It's just an ugly rumour. You've seen the people in the catalogue. Do they look as if they've ever done anything inelegant and messy? Tsk.

Maybe they haven't quite realised how it is that we became parents in the first place.

I read about it in the daily star after that I joined the site haha! If it was all about swapping recipes I wouldnt have bothered looking. Why do we have to be all mumsy? Its 2010, women talking about sex - shocking! All the mums websites Ive looked at are the same, only I like this one the best as its real women talking about real issues and i love it!