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Does mumsnet actually want to alienate core users? (Sex topic in active)

94 replies

Ceryneianhind · 23/02/2023 23:33

Seriously?

I haven't seen a single post in favour of having the sex topic in active, and load against it, so why won't you take it back out?

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ChirpyChirpyCheepCheepBeep · 23/02/2023 23:37

It makes active just horribly seedy 🤮

Dragonsandcats · 23/02/2023 23:39

It’s horrible.

gamerchick · 23/02/2023 23:39

Man, even the constant threads about it are irritating me.

CharlotteSometimes1 · 23/02/2023 23:40

Agreed. It needs to stop

24KaratCucumber · 23/02/2023 23:42

I have it hidden but I wouldn't like to see it that's for sure.

24KaratCucumber · 23/02/2023 23:45

To hide a topic go to here:

www.mumsnet.com/settings/hidden-threads

It only works on the website either desktop or mobile, it does t work on the app.

TheShellBeach · 23/02/2023 23:46

Agreed, and I'm sick of being attacked for having this viewpoint by the seedy posters who frequent these boards.

DuplicateUserName · 23/02/2023 23:47

gamerchick · 23/02/2023 23:39

Man, even the constant threads about it are irritating me.

All they seem to be doing at this point, is helping to publicise the Sex topic, which is exactly what MNHQ want - hence them putting it in Active.

It probably won't be long before the media picks up on the furore, and helps to advertise the Sex topic even further.

Rainbowshit · 23/02/2023 23:48

It's ruining mumsnet. They need to take it out of active.

Moopsi · 23/02/2023 23:49

£££ is the answer

FlamingoSocks · 23/02/2023 23:49

TheShellBeach · 23/02/2023 23:46

Agreed, and I'm sick of being attacked for having this viewpoint by the seedy posters who frequent these boards.

I don’t think that’s fair…. All the posts from the Sex Topic users I’ve seen have been asking to go back to the way things were.

Reinventinganna · 23/02/2023 23:49

haven't seen a single post in favour of having the sex topic in active, and load against it, so why won't you take it back out?

A lot of us choose to ignore it or block it rather than bang on about it.

LetThemEatTurnips · 23/02/2023 23:51

I don't understand the decision, has MNHQ given a reason for the change?

GoAgainstNicki · 23/02/2023 23:52

This is literally like the third or fourth thread about this now. Aren’t you tired?! MN have already stated their response on one of the other threads, they’re hardly going to come back now saying ‘okay we’ll finally get rid’ are they?!

lobeliasb · 23/02/2023 23:52

Yeah the one thread I looked at was gross and seedy, and definitely not what I come here to read...

TheShellBeach · 23/02/2023 23:53

FlamingoSocks · 23/02/2023 23:49

I don’t think that’s fair…. All the posts from the Sex Topic users I’ve seen have been asking to go back to the way things were.

You must have missed the many posts which have attacked me personally.

vodkaredbullgirl · 23/02/2023 23:53

gamerchick · 23/02/2023 23:39

Man, even the constant threads about it are irritating me.

Same here too

LetThemEatTurnips · 23/02/2023 23:58

GoAgainstNicki · 23/02/2023 23:52

This is literally like the third or fourth thread about this now. Aren’t you tired?! MN have already stated their response on one of the other threads, they’re hardly going to come back now saying ‘okay we’ll finally get rid’ are they?!

I didn't see that thread, what was the reason given?

TheShellBeach · 23/02/2023 23:59

lobeliasb · 23/02/2023 23:52

Yeah the one thread I looked at was gross and seedy, and definitely not what I come here to read...

Yes, it's vile.

GoAgainstNicki · 24/02/2023 00:01

LetThemEatTurnips · 23/02/2023 23:58

I didn't see that thread, what was the reason given?

www.mumsnet.com/talk/site_stuff/4749185-safeguarding-on-the-sex-chat-thread-on-the-sex-board?page=4&reply=124134548

FlamingoSocks · 24/02/2023 00:03

MNHQ, you don’t seem to have realised how confronting, loaded and unpleasant it is for most women to be unexpectedly faced with sexual comments and discussion.

We are not prudes, most of us here I expect enjoy sex and masturbation - on our own terms and at our own chosen time and with adults we select. The vast majority of women though will have a visceral reaction when unexpectedly and unwantedly we see or experience sexual behaviours. For most of our evolutionary history, unknown men displaying sudden, unexpected sexual behaviours means we need to be alert to the prospect of rape. Even now, going about your business and suddenly being exposed to something sexual - being flashed/groped/leered at, dealing with sexual comments - will be a degrading, frightening experience.

I know that words on the screen is not the same and I am not at all blaming the users of the Sex topic. But scrolling down Active, looking at thread titles and suddenly seeing a message about a sexy massage, rimming, anal sex etc etc has the SAME EFFECT on women as a man sidling up to them and hissing j there ear. It’s horrible. It’s discomfiting and it’s very dislocating to your sense of safety.

There does not exist a time or a world where a woman scrolling through a parenting site is going to
welcome suddenly reading about sex. She may seek it out at certain times of her choosing but essentially women are hardwired to be wary, disgusted, and scared when unexpectedly and unwantedly exposed to sexual content. You won’t change that because you want to flog a vibrator and you absolutely need to sort it out.

FuckeNell · 24/02/2023 00:04

The same blokes over an over

makes me heave and feel all sorts of things I can't even articulate!!!

HornyBee · 24/02/2023 07:30

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midgemadgemodge · 24/02/2023 08:02

You do know you can hide the board don't you ?

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