The Labour MP for South Derbyshire is pushing to make this year the “summer of sex”, in her campaign for pornographic sex education.
Samantha Niblett has launched the campaign ‘Yes Sex Please, We’re British!’ in collaboration with Cindy Gallop, the founder of an ‘ethical pornography’ website.
As part of the initiative, the MP is holding a parliamentary debate on “lifelong sex education”, and she wants to host a Westminster event involving sex toys. The campaign is not focused exclusively on adults, but intends to educate all ages on relationships and life stages such as childbirth.
‘Distorted’
In an interview with PoliticsHome, Niblett said she enjoys Gallop’s pornographic website featuring “real people who are having messy, funny, intimate, sensual sex together”.
The MP claims that such pornographic content is not a problem, in contrast to ‘skewed’ depictions in other porn films.
But The Christian Institute’s Head of Communications Angus Saul said: “Explaining to children and other young people that pornography presents a distorted view of relationships is a laudable objective, but this campaign is only going to give a very mixed message by suggesting that some porn is good and some is bad.
“This will only confuse people further, and will surely detract from the work going on elsewhere to limit children’s access to pornography and reverse the damage this material has wreaked on society.”
Chelsea Flower Show
The so-called “sexual wellness” company Lovehoney, which Niblett has met as part of her campaign, is set to promote sex toys in its garden at the Royal Horticultural Society’s Chelsea Flower Show next month.
The controversial display, entitled ‘Aphrodite’s Hothouse’, will feature red and pink plants associated with romance, alongside sex toys “tastefully woven” into the garden.
Designer James Whiting boasted that he hopes to “break a few taboos and make people stop in their tracks. Houseplants, much like pleasure, are something we should celebrate openly and abundantly”.
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