Set The Video: The Sex Education Show, Channel 4, Tuesday, 16 September, 8pm

By mofgimmers on September 11th, 2008 5 comments

After watching this week’s The Sex Education Show (Channel 4, Tuesday 16 September, 8pm) I felt a bit miffed. Firstly, the show seemed to be more than a little backward. Basically, I felt this because the host, the game Anna Richardson seemed to be completely nonplussed with modern sex. Also, she grassed a load of teenage lads up to their parents about the porn they watch without ever readdressing the balance (notably, letting the olds watch 2 Girls 1 Cup without adding ‘Your kids think this is disgusting and amusing, they don’t wanna partake’). However, something happened after the show that made me think this show is more needed than I first thought…

For some reason, the show has drawn loads of complaints because of general nudity. Quite why, I don’t know. For my money, you need to see ‘the tackle’ to fully understand it. I mean, those diagrams at school don’t mean a damn thing. Weirdly uniform cross sections resemble weird peninsulas (doesn’t that live next to ‘penis’ in the dictionary?*) rather than something actually useful. In that respect, this show should be applauded.

So with half the huffy nation grumbling about the whole thing being excessive, it’s clear that this is a country in dire need of sex-help. I thought we’d moved on too! Stoopid me. Next week, ire is probably going to be raised again as Anna Richardson goes for a sexual MOT, looks at STIs, finds out if the bloke’s sexual health check hurts as much as rumoured (clue: It doesn’t) and, certain to get people seething with buried jealousy, she finds out how much fun the teens of Britain are having with their sex parties that they organise through Facebook and the like.

Let’s not forget, a candid look at the female genitalia and a peer into the saucy postcard world of burlesque. Middle England, get your pens hovering now.

*If this is true, it can only be attributed to far too many hours looking up ‘dirty words’ as a kid

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Finn

I whole-heartedly agree. This programme clearly forgot what it was like to be a teenager and seemed to believe the solution to teenage pregnancy and all sorts is to halt any method of seeking out answers to one’s curiosity that cannot be found in the classroom.
Something I did find incredibly disturbing was the fact that the teenagers interviewed, boys and girls alike, all thought that fake breasts looked better than any natural ones. If anything, this is one reason why nudity should be more prominent on the telly box.
Simon

While the show was informative and show genitalia but it is only male genitals being shown. Were is the other part ofthe jigsaw? Womens genitals were totally absent! Have you noticed while more mens penises gets shown on these type of shows womens vaginas have gone the other way and much less seen these days. I hope C4 be mnore balance and show us womens bits in equal amount in future episodes.
dave

Yet another programme which unfairly features graphic images of the penis whilst at the same time refrains from showing the vagina. When will this madness end? We have had years of detailed graphic images of male genitals being shown in programmes of all types and at peak viewing times – but rarely do people get a fair deal with the other side of the coin. I think it is way overdue that the balance is adressed. Let’s hope that our young, up-and-coming generation of programme makers and regulators come to their senses and demand that enough is enough! penis = vagina, so let’s see both or nothing at all!
Mof Gimmers

I’d say that the second show showed a fair amount of vagina, and graphically to boot. With that Dave, I don’t know what you’re going on about!
Kelly

I agree with Simon and Dave! There has been WAY too much penis shown in these types of shows and we almost never get a look at vagina. A woman’s boobs or bush is NOT her genitals.If male genitals can be seen in graphic, close-up detail then they should give us an equal peek at the female anatomy. If the penis and testicles can be shown, then a woman’s vagina and anus should also be shown. There was only ONE segment that showed a quick glimpse of one woman’s vagina, but there were SEVERAL segments which showed SEVERAL penises. That is NOT fair, Mof Gimmers, and you know it! Stop being such a sexist-pig woman for a change and admit it! It’s about time that television begins to display the female genitalia (vulva and anus) just as prominently as the male genitalia has been displayed!Men watch tv too and we want to see female genitals for a change!