ZOELLA RAGE AT TEEN DILDO BAN
YouTube star furious as channel dropped from GCSE course
YOUTUBE sensation Zoella has hit out at an exam board for dropping her online channel from its GCSE syllabus after she posted a ‘best sex toys review’.
The star – who has millions of followers – raged: “It worries me they think 16-year-olds aren’t exploring their bodies.”
UK exam board AQA said the 30-year-old (right) – whose real name is Zoe Sugg – had been removed from its media studies curriculum after an article headlined ‘The Best Sex Toys to Spice Up Your Life in 2021’ was posted to her website.
The Youtuber and businesswoman reacted to the news on Instagram, saying: “It worries me that they think 16 year olds aren’t exploring their own bodies, doing this with someone else or know what a sex toy is.”
Horror
She revealed: “Some parents complained, as we had posted an article listing the best sex toys for 2021 & apparently this is absolutely disgusting that 16 year olds should even be graced with such horror.”
On January 13, Zoella’s website reviewed a range of vibrators priced between £5 and £180 – including a ‘Rampant Rabbit G Spot Stroking Vibrator’, a ‘Womanizer Duo Rabbit Vibrator’, a TENGA Egg Penis Masturbator and ‘The Fireman’.
The exam board responded by removing a section on Zoella in its Close Study Products booklet because the material was not ‘suitable’.
AQA’s head of curriculum for creative arts, Sandra Allan, said: “GCSE Media Studies includes the analysis of online and social media and we added Zoella in 2017. At the time, all her content was appropriate for teaching, but some of Zoella’s recent content is aimed specifically at an adult audience and isn’t suitable for GCSE students.
“As a result, we’ve removed the section on Zoella from the course and we’ve contacted our schools and colleges to let them know.”
Zoella added: “We want to talk about taboo subjects, have conversations with experts, ask those less heard to use their voice and try to have a really varied range of topics to help, inspire or make people feel less alone.”