Fury as Channel 4 teaches youngsters Kama Sutra positions in graphic 'Joy Of Teen Sex'



A graphic Channel 4 show that teaches teenagers Kama Sutra positions has been branded as 'porn' by the UK's leading broadcasting watchdog.

Controversial new series The Joy Of Teen Sex aims to offer advice to youngsters concerned about their sex lives.

But the programme, which airs after the watershed, contains graphic scenes of lesbian sex as well as offering a 'guide to anal sex'.

Porn apart: The show offers graphic scenes of lesbian intercourse as well as 'a guide to anal sex'

Mediawach UK director Vivienne Pattison told MailOnline: 'This programme crosses the line into prurience, with graphic scenes of sex that can only be described as pornographic.

'The definition of porn is something that arouses the person watching it and the graphic nature of some scenes in this programme will doubtless do that for many viewers.'

She said another major concern was who would be watching the programme.

'The show claims to offer sex advice to under-18s but airs after the watershed. So who is going to watch it I don't know,' she said.

'Also, if you make a programme with the words "teen sex" in the title, you are surely asking for trouble. A teenager who enters that into a search engine will surely yield rather different results on top of the advice programme they were looking for.'

Prurient: Mediawatch UK director Vivienne Pattison said despite its billing, the show offered very little by way of educational value

She said that despite its billing, the show offered very little by way of educational value, and 'goes much further than The Sex Education Show [another C4 show]'.



'It was more titillating than anything else,' she added.



The series is fronted by Dr Rachael Jones, social worker Ruth Corden, and 'resident sex coach' Joanna.

According to Channel 4, it revolves around visitors to a walk-in clinic, the Sex Advice Shop, 'where the team are on hand to offer young people, and sometimes their parents, support and professional advice'.

A Channel 4 spokeswoman said: 'Sex is part of every teenager’s life. This new series is not your typical sex education programme.

'It offers a frank exploration of the love and sex lives of today’s teenagers. It presents solutions to the emotional and physical problems that many of them experience.

'No subject is off-limits, from teen pregnancy to sexual performance and genital health as the series will shine the spotlight on issues that young people care about and experience in their love and sex lives.'

Ms Pattison said: 'This programme comes along when we’re having a serious debate on the sexualisation of children, led by Prime Minister David Cameron. There is a real question in the role of programmes like this in this whole mess that we have created for ourselves.'

In one of the episodes viewers are introduced to Michelle whose 17-year-old daughter Rachel fell pregnant after refusing to go on the pill.

Ms Pattison slammed the insert as 'exploitative'.

Meanwhile explicit images of intercourse are shown to 17-year-old lesbian Kim who is “keen to learn some more tricks to pleasure girls”.

Another subject is 20-year-old Liverpudlian Calvin, a gay drag queen who is concerned about losing his virginity.

Sex coach Joanna gives him 'some helpful tips' on foreplay to help him become “more accustomed to the idea of anal sex'.



Ms Pattison said: 'The programme's producer may have the best intentions, saying they are concerned about the pressure applied to teenagers to have sex. However, that’s exactly what it is doing.'











