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MN happy to have posts witb the agenda of normalising child sexual activity.

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Placetobreathe · 24/01/2026 19:31

I know the thread is in the Sex forum and there is a lot of explicit stuff on there and there generally isn't much in the way of taboo things.

But a poster telling the OP that she should chill out because her 14 year old having sex with a 13 year old is " normal" to my mind is not the sort of agenda MN should be allowing.

Allowing someone who is normalising child sexual activity in the days of grooming gangs, child explotation and abuse seems a pretty irresponsible line to take.

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BeckyAMumsnet · 26/01/2026 09:37

Hello and thanks for sharing your thoughts. We appreciate why this post caused concern. We'll generally remove posts that appear to normalise or minimise such activity. It doesn’t mean we’re saying every discussion of teenage sexuality is banned, or that there’s no room for nuance. But we do draw a line where comments move from discussing a situation to endorsing or dismissing concern.

In this case, the post was reported by users, reviewed by a moderator, and then escalated for a second look before being removed. Apologies that this process took time. We know these are difficult areas, and we try to balance open discussion with safeguarding responsibilities and sometimes that means erring on the side of caution.

We’re also aware that some users feel unable to post in the Sex topic due to unwanted or inappropriate DMs. Please do report any such messages so we can act on them, and we’re actively discussing what further steps we can take to address this.

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BeckyAMumsnet · 26/01/2026 13:30

Hello and thanks for your replies. The post wasn’t removed straight away because the moderator who first saw it felt it needed escalating before action was taken. That does take longer, which means there can be a delay before anything happens.

We don’t see every post as it’s written, so reports are important in getting things in front of us quickly. Once this was escalated and reviewed, it was dealt with.

We accept that it shouldn’t feel like it takes multiple reports or a thread here for something to be acted on, and this is something we're reviewing internally today.

When we say we’re looking at a post, that really does mean it’s being looked at. If something isn’t a clear-cut deletion, we sometimes need to take a bit more time to consider things like context or posting history. We always acknowledge reports so you know they’ve been seen - and if you think we’ve got a call wrong and something should have been deleted, it’s absolutely fine to come back to us about it.

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BeckyAMumsnet · 17/02/2026 12:35

Hello @Placetobreathe - we responded to your report about 20 mins ago. If you've not received it, please check your junk/spam folders as it may have gone there.

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