The idea of Mumsnet having a sex topic where women could find a safe place to discuss sex and any issues they have with it, is fine.
Still preferable to not include it in Active, partly to allow vulnerable posters to post in a rather more hidden way (like some posters might use OTBT), and also because surely we wouldn't want to trigger those who have suffered from sexual assault and/or abuse?
The idea of restricting access to it for a long-ish period of time to discourage trolls is also a good one.
All of the above I can quite happily accept.
But what I can't fathom is why @MNHQ think it's acceptable to allow the sex chat threads - these are asking for trouble. Whether anyone thinks they're sleazy or not is neither here nor there. It's basically changing the whole nature of the sex topic away from a place where women/posters - if we have to accept men - can discuss their issues and ask for help, to somewhere that's just about hook-ups.
Is that really what Mumsnet is about these days?
What happened to the site that wouldn't take adverts from certain companies because they were considered unethical or even just didn't share the same values as Mumsnet?
Are we really, now, all just about the profit motive? Revenue for Mumsnet at all costs, and regardless of what its content providers think or want?
The silence from @MNHQ - apart from the occasional holding post insisting that they're listening, and the deletions which show that they're reading this thread - is very telling.
This is a decision that's been made at a senior level within the company - so it's clearly a strategic change for the business.