Virgin island channel 4

[stepmum86]

Second series started last night. I cringed through the first series - these older sex therapists teaching youngsters how to have sex. It all just felt so creepy and wrong. What are your thoughts?

I haven’t watched the second one yet. I don’t know if I want to. I found the first season incredibly cringey and at times I wanted to scream at the participants that they didn’t actually HAVE to take part! There were times it seemed almost predatory and that made me so uncomfortable.

Yes, predatory! That’s a good way of putting it. Some of the sexperts could be their mothers!

I think this whole show is prefatory—they didn’t seem to choose a representative demographic—there are virgins for various reasons: religion, etc. They seem to have targeted autistic participants.

And no board qualified sex therapist in their right mind would get involved with a patient.

Well this is the thing. I know the whole point of the programme is these people want to “cure” their virginity like it’s some sort of curse 🙄😳 but actually a whole host of people either haven’t had sex or don’t want sex for a variety of reasons, and that’s absolutely okay, and you kind of wonder if anyone has ever said that to these people before.

Here is the thread

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/telly_addicts/5522550-virgin-island