June 25, 2011
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13 Year Old Buys 365 Sex Positions Book
Spencer Gifts is coming under fire for allowing underaged children to buy sex books and sex toys.
(Xanga photos is not allowing me to post a photo. Imagine a sexy photo here with a couple trying one of the positions).
A local news station sent a 13-year-old boy into Spencer Gifts with a hidden camera and he was able to look through the graphic book and then buy it.
Police say that you are not allowed to sell porn to someone underage but it is ok if the book is educational. So the book “365 Sex Positions: A New Way Every Day for Steamy Erotic Year” could be seen as educational. Here is the link: Link
Is the book “365 Sex Positions” appropriate for a 13 year old?
Comments (94)
i mean they tend to definitely know all that by 13….
At least he’ll be prepared.
It’s appropriate for a 14 year old, but not 13.
LOL.. as long as he wouldn’t bring it to school and ask anything about it to his teachers :p
spencer’s isn’t exactly kids r’ us. :@
I don’t know, but I sure wouldn’t let my kids get sex-related things.
I’d be highly suspicious of some kid walking into my store to buy a book. I mean, why would a 13 year old kid buy a book like that when he could easily jump on his smartphone and just download a ton of porn?
im gonna have to say, a biased but steady no
Well, I secretly looked at sex books when I was 14/15 at Borders because I was curious about sex and all, but I wasn’t even intending to have it then
The kid should have known he could have found the book online for free.
Hell yeah. Can’t wait to see his next video.
Ugh first Hot Topic was ruined, now they’re gonna start attacking Spencers? Yeah, they’ve got some interesting things in their store. But seriously? It’s not like they can put that stuff in the windows to ward off overprotective parents without catching shit. Everyone views things differently, so people just need to shut the fuck up and get over it. But, as nice as that sounds, it will NEVER happen. So let’s just keep getting offended and sue each other. Yup, that sounds about right
365 positions is one for every day of the year.
As a mother of three, in my opinion, no it is not appropriate! There is no reason for a 13 year old to be looking up sex positions. I dont think the store should be closed down or anything because of it but I do think they should better monitor who they sell to from now on.
I don’t think it is age appropriate. Sex toys/books should be 18+ only, in my opinion.
Also, I don’t think the store should be shut down because of it. They may just need to tighten their policies to require and I.D. when purchasing certain things.
Based on public education, I’m surprised that a 13 year old can read.
why not? they’re at that age when that’s all they think about. especially boys. who are we to tell children what to think or look at!?
Censorship for the win.
Wait, a 13 year old bought a book? I didn’t think they did that anymore.
Sorry, but whether it’s “educational” or not, it’s not appropriate.
xo’
Let him read it – at least he’ll learn something. If you’re gonna do something, you might as well do it right, even if it’s the wrong thing to do.
maybe his parents blocked porn sites, so he has to resort to naughty things from spencer. edit- nevermind. that 13 year old was a decoy
but I’d rather her have the sex toy than sleep with actual boys. I wouldn’t really know what I’d do until I have my own kid.
I didn’t get my own computer until I was around 16 and I could freely look at whatever I wanted. if my mother blocked sites, I might’ve been more curious or rebellious to look even if I’m not that interested, but want to be rebellious or find the loopholes around the banned sites for fun.
I think it’s perfectly age appropriate. At 13 I was incredibly curious about sex and was already an avid pornography watcher. I have friends who lost their innocence before the age of 13. I lost mine at 15. It’s appropriate for anyone that can handle it.
I hate when people reserve formal judgment for when the situation is staring them in the face. Isn’t more prudent and less biased to make a decision that lines up with your ethics now and follow through on it later, so long as nothing that influenced your original decision has changed? I think people use their parental concern as an excuse to avoid things they are uncomfortable with.
Kids are interested in those things. He probably found it entertaining and wanted to show all of his friends.
Wait.. the news station had the kid look through the book…?
Eh, I don’t think it’s that big a deal.
So a news station sent in the boy… knowing he’d be looking at it? Seems a lil contradictory if they’re trying to make it out to be a bad thing.
i feel like a cosmo magazine has had the same headline in the past.
That kind of sex education should be supervised by his father, if Dad is still at home.
No. I have three kids and I don’t even allow them to go into Spencer’s at all. A lot of that stuff isn’t even appropriate for public viewing (I don’t care about private viewing) and a 13-year-old kid is just too young. There’s no rush in waiting till 18 for this stuff. Hell, grown-ups know how short the teenage years are. You have all of the rest of your life to collect sex position books. I think it just focuses too much on the sex positions than what I want my children to view sex as… a way to share your love for another person. After 18, my kids can view sex in any way they want but I want their foundation to be more loving.
You can get a Cinnabon and a dildo in the same place. That is insane.
at least it wasn’t porn containing gang rapes – which occurs more and more frequently with the offenders being the age of 12-13
He’ll need it someday. Besides, the book contains humor! Why not?
@striemmy - it depends on the personality of my future kid. my mother practically let me do whatever I wanted because she trusted that I often had good judgement and wouldn’t get into extreme trouble. if my kid isn’t trustworthy or is a stubborn and frequent troublemaker, I won’t allow it or be more strict, so I’ll reserve judgement then depending on good behavior:D
I don’t have a problem with it.
I remember when I was 16 and my 16 y.o. girlfriend got a “how to have sex really well book.” Provided helpful advice such as “stop biting wang off” to a demographic who needed to hear it most. Best thing that ever happened. I salute this 13 year old, and I salute the American publishing industry
Lol, at my job, I would sometimes imagine coworkers who I think are sexually compatible fucking. The funny thing is, there was this one dominican woman, I really felt she was perfect for this black guy. I made decision doggie style would be their preference. Ok, the funny in all this is, no matter that I felt strongly sex would be good for these two, she just did not find black people arousing. A shame because I know sexual compatibility when I see it; a pity because, dominicans are like black. Human bodies are like keys, a body structure can have really good fitting with a specific structure. There is more to sec than emotions. For emotions can be triggered. Most important is the clash of personalities, and I saw for myself how a submissive person fits well with masochistic guys. Too many fucking factors, but I follow my nose.
Hey! You do what you gotta do to turn an honest buck. You communist anti-capitalists really give me a pain in my ovaries.
My mom let me watch South Park and Family Guy when I was seven, Jackass when I was eleven and didn’t care if I made sex jokes when I started middle school. How is this any different?
I won’t even walk into Spencer’s, it’s full of annoying teenagers. If you really are looking for the kinds of things they sell there, you go online. That store specifically caters towards underage kids because they can’t get a credit card yet, and therefore can’t go shopping online without some form of parental supervision. (Yeah, I had a debit card when I was under 18, but my mom could still see everything I purchased and was super anti-online shopping.)
And I didn’t even know what a BJ was until about 17, even though other people talked about it, I didn’t care to know.
I remember girls in my grade school going to Spencer’s to buy vibrators.
Spencers isn’t exactly kid friendly anyway. Idk about selling a 13 year old an actyual sex toy, but a book? The kid probably buying the book probably already knows about sex anyway. And I guess it could be considered “educational” technically. Now would I want my kid buying the book is a different question. At 13 probably not, but I’d rather them buy the book over sex toys, thanks.
I bet he’s curious. I think it’s ok as long as the book comes with condoms.
365 ways is that cause there are 365 days in a year?
Puberty and curiosity go hand-in-hand. And repression of that curiosity has led to many unwanted consequences in our “modern Western” culture. As adults, especially as parents, we should encourage our children to learn the facts of life in all their variety when they are most interested. It is a wonderful opportunity to teach responsibility which goes with the knowledge of sex; and a pitfall if we miss it!
Will a time ever come when sex is no longer considered “dirty”?
I don’t see the problem with this… :p
Does nobody see this as a ploy to get Spencers in trouble, did nobody read the part where it said a news station sent the boy in their to specifically buy it. And like somebody already mentioned the boy could just easily went on his cell phone or home computer and easily look any of that stuff up or worse.
I bought a similar book when I was 14. Through the mail, but still.. lol
Not saying a 13 or 14 year old *should* be able to buy a book of that type.
@P0RCELA1N_D0LL - That is precisely how people that are wild as adults are made.
WHY NOT….kids start practicing early enough,, let them learn how to avoid unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. as well.
btw…is it considered porn??
I agree with the comment above. A news station had a 13 year old look through and then buy a sex book? Even if it was to catch the bookstore in wrongdoing, didn’t they implicate themselves too? What else do they plan to have children do in order to get their story? Disturbing.
I could care less. I think Spencer’s is sleazy.
Isn’t that illegal?
I don’t think a book can make a child more at risk for becoming sexually-active or anything. I mean, if s/he wants it, they’ll do it. Besides, I’ve seen kids in those kinds of departments in other stores, not necessarily for use, but more for shits and giggles.
Sex toys and books can’t get your pregnant or disesed as long as you’re not sharing. Besides, I am pretty sure some of my grandmother’s romance novels were way more graphic (even without pictures) than some stuff in Spencer’s.
It’s up to the parents to make the decisions when it comes to their kid’s sexual knowledge.
If I would have brought home a sex book at age 13, it would have been taken away.
It shouldn’t be Spencer’s responsibility; it should be the family’s.
I dunno what to think anymore.
I bought that same book when I was 13! Lol. I was buying it as a birthday present for my friend who was turning 16. So yeah, fuck them for attacking Spencer’s lol. That place is the place to go to when you don’t know what to get someone for their birthday xP
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Let’s say it is appropriate for an 18 year-old. That would make it about 20 positions per year old. So “260 Sex Positions” would be more appropriate for the 13 year-old.
Definitely not appropriate.
It’s their business. Age is a number. People may be interested in whatever they want to be. Leave it alone.
Sex is normal. I want all of my children to have healthy, happy sex lives. Violence, on the other hand….not normal, not something I want for my kids. I would much rather they buy porn than some violent video or game.
Depends on the thirteen year old. Does it come with a free condom?
*Hi dan. Missed you.
@TheGiantSlayer - haha, who needs to read when there are pictures…
Well don’t kids start learning about “sex ed” or “abstinence” like at age 10-11 maybe 2 years later it hit him and he wanted to know what he was abstaining for besides I thought that at like 13 they took health which further informs them about what they learned in 5th grade… Some kids might have issues reading, might have issues concentrating but when they’re going through hormones changes the curiosity gets the best of them. I’m not one to say that a kid should be looking at a book but the reality whether we’re parents or not is that they are. You can try and suppress them, and protect them from the cruel, cruel world but in truth they will know regardless.
I bought my first vibrator at 15, and I didn’t have sex until I was almost 20.
I’d rather buy my kids porn and sex toys and encourage them to learn about sex and encourage them to masturbate instead of relying on sexual contact with other people to get them off, personally.
i mean… lil wayne lost his virginity at eleven so… actually, he probably had all 365 positions down by his 12th birthday.
Spencer’s has always creeped me out. Even as an “adult” hahaha. Its just so open and right there in the mall. I always thought if you wanted those things you could go to the adult store in town, not right down in the mall. The one adult store sells the same things as Spencer’s and you have to be 18 to get in.
It’s sex. Get over it.
LAWLLLL
@striemmy - I’m wild as ned flanders
only pretzels and soda allowed at my july 4th party
Honestly, I actually have a huge problem with this store and NOT because of the fact that a kid bought a book about “sex positions” (Although I wouldn’t be allowing my child to do it) My problem is… and I don’t know if it’s like this in ALL of these Spencer stores. But, in the one that’s near my house the entire thing is like this, “kids stuff, kids stuff, kids stuff, teen stuff, candy, jokes, kids stuff, kids stuff, SEX…” >_> Sex that’s not being monitored btw. At all. Like it’s not like the adult section is “behind a curtain” the sex section is RIGHT THERE for anyone to walk into without someone standing by to keep them away… it’s just another “aisle”… not like I’m not old enough but I’ve wandered into this section myself without even REALIZING that that’s what it was. Then I realized obviously, but because there is a sign here and there that says, “18 and up”…
REALLY? A small sticker is enough to keep little kids out of the adult sections?
Not only that but it’s like I said, “teen stuff, teen stuff, teen stuff, kids stuff, hello kitty, ninja turtles and SEX… in a random aisle….” I’m not into it. I HAVE been in there for joke gifts and stuff, but I tend NOT to support them.
I’d be much more willing to give them my money left and right if their “adult” area were a tad more confined and someone was watching it.
they will always get the info from any place they can find it. the clerk should’ve known better. but at the same time it her parents were open with her, maybe she wouldn’t be buying those kind of books.
yea um to all the people who say its not appropriate or wouldnt “let” their kids get it… what world are you living in? thats like half a teenagers life at that point, sex and hormones, you really think you should or can shield them from that stuff? if its their desire to learn at that age let them, but teach them about protection too, dont be ignorant, be informed… its gonna happen one way or another
@Videojuegoplayer - Charlie?
as soon as I opened this post, I was like where is the picture!? but then I saw that xanga wouldn’t let you have one. booo.
I don’t think it’s appropriate whatsoever.
well its just a book right ? not like he’s buying the toys
he’s gonna get those info 1 way or another through internet
so i dont see what the big deal is
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@TheGiantSlayer - good point
I do not think so but i am old….so who cares?
It’s natural to be curious. I kind of wish that people were more open about sex when I was younger because I wouldn’t unconsciously react like it’s something not normal to talk about, even though it doesn’t really freak me out about it. People are so obsessed with sheltering their children, but, let’s be real here, this is about the time when kids start sex ed. The fact that we’re forced to watch childbirth through a mirror but get to learn nothing about the actual sex is kind of annoying. Knowing more about sex isn’t likely to make me more or less interested in having it, so I think people freaking out about this is kind of stupid.
Its fine…they already have sex ed in 4th grade here in VA, so they’ve known about it for at least three years by then…And its up the the store manager whether or not they want to accept or decline business from anyone for any reason. So its really not the store, its the employee that is at fault. Hopefully they will end up seeing it that way.
People that age look at that stuff all the time. Those books are at barnes n noble. It doesn’t really matter if it’s appropriate, those things exist and it’s okay. 13 year olds have access to much more troubling things than sexual objects, and if retail is regulated any more, every store is going to sell the same inoffensive, beige, politically correct, family appropriate, modern bullshit.
@striemmy - Pretty much
@P0RCELA1N_D0LL - I meant your children if you’re strict.
@striemmy - quite true, my cousin managed to get himself in jail before he was 18 and after he was 18 and broke every rule of drugs, alcohol and smoking. my mother used reverse psychology on me. she jokingly said that she’d like to see me fail one of my classes. so I was like…why should I listen to her
nobody underestimates me
then I got straight A’s my senior year
lol then again, I’m a perfectionist to begin with
I bet he wasn’t even that surprised by them. I can hear him saying, “Man, I’ve watched porn that was dirtier than this.”
Hm. When I was sixteen, I got told by a Spencer’s employee that I couldn’t go in the back of the store (where the sexual shit was) unless I was eighteen or older. And they actually ID’d my friends who
were
eighteen.
Either way, who fucking cares. It’s not like they sold the kid a sex toy or some shit.
I’d never thought it was strange. If I worked there, I’d probably say something to any kids that young going into a Spencer’s. I think it’s because it’s usually in malls that people who have no business being in there wander in. Places like head shops will kick under-agers out, or ask for ID at the door.
It’s never too early to start learning.
I would’ve bought that book when I was 13. I was basically looking stuff like that up online at that age. I mean, I wish innocence could be kept forever…but I’m like a pro now because I’m curious about the world around me and I decided to gain knowledge about it.