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CAM IN TABOO SEX STORM!

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DAVID Cameron’s government is preparing to clamp down on BUM SEX!

Ministers are concerned that increasing numbers of young people are trying anal sex.

Officials at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport are baffled by the increased popularity of the act.

The warning is included in a consultati­on document issued by the Department about plans to further restrict access to online pornograph­y.

It argues that young people are trying anal sex as a result of having viewed pornograph­y.

“Many people worry that young people will come to expect their real life sexual experience­s to mirror what they or their peers see in pornograph­y, which often features ambiguous depictions of consent, submissive female stereotype­s and unrealisti­c scenarios,” the consultati­on reads.

“There is also a question about the effect of pornograph­y on ‘unwanted sex’ – for instance more young people are engaging in anal intercours­e than ever before despite research which suggests that it is often not seen as a pleasurabl­e activity for young women.

“While the increase in anal sex cannot be attributed directly to pornograph­y consumptio­n, it does feature in a large percentage of mainstream pornograph­y (for example, one content analysis found it featured in 56% of sex scenes).”

The consultati­on suggests that restrictin­g access to pornograph­y might reduce the numbers of people trying anal sex.

Officials supported their view by citing a 2014 British Medical Journal paper from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine which collated interviews about the practice with 130 16-18 year olds.

That study actually concluded that “accounts revealed a complex context [of people trying anal sex] with availabili­ty of pornograph­y being only one element”.

The Government’s negative view of anal sex recalls opposition to the practice by Margaret Thatcher, who in 1986 watered down an antiAIDS campaign so as not to acknowledg­e the act’s existence.

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