A sex education web site posted by the Warwickshire County Council in England’s West Midlands region has been deleted, at least for the time being, after anti-porn groups protested that the site was too sexually explicit and minimized what they call the “damaging” effects of pornography. The site, titled Respect Yourself, was aimed at 13- to 25-year-olds, and offered information on such sexual practices as bukkake, felching, fisting, and “cock and ball torture,” according to a report by the United Kingdom news site Metro.
The anti-porn groups also objected to the site’s answer to the user question, “Does anal sex make you pregnant, in which the site explained that “cultures since the dawn of time have used bum sex as a form of contraception.”
The Respect Yourself site had been online and providing sexual information to West Midlands youth since 2012. After its first year online, the county reported that based on research at Coventry University for the West Midlands Health Center, the “Respect Yourself website is having a positive influence on young people’s attitude towards sex and relationships. “
But for some reason, anti-porn crusaders only recently took up a petition to pull the site offline, even though much of the information on the site appeared to be common sense, such as the reassurances offered to teens that masturbation and feelings of “horniness” are, in fact, “natural.”
At specific issue, reportedly, was the site’s answer to a question posted by a girl identifying herself as 12 years old, who said that she spends “most nights masturbating, watching/reading porn, and just generally having orgasms.” While the questioner said that she enjoyed the habit, it had recently “become a little out of hand” and was interfering with her sleep.
"What you are going through is perfectly natural for a girl your age,” said the response provided on the site. “For some reason, we have the idea that only boys get turned on, masturbate or watch porn. That is nonsense."
The site went on to advise fantasizing rather than watching porn while masturbating, and stressed that while having orgasms may help with falling asleep, orgasms are not a substitute for sleep.
In another section, the site defended porn from charges that it harms young people.
“There are no scientific studies that give evidence to suggest that watching porn is any more likely to turn you into a sex addict than watching a violent film is likely to turn you into a serial killer,” the site wrote. “In fact there is more evidence to suggest the opposite.”
Warwickshire County subsequently removed the site, but did not rule out putting it back online, saying only that, "We have decided to review the content of a few of our pages which have raised a small number of concerns."
Photo By respectyourself.info
