Brought to you by Sense About Sex (link), a brilliant and fun way to counter all the misinformation that seems to get repeated over and over again in the media, despite no scientific evidence to support it. Read below the card for information from the Bad Sex Media Bingo site (link).
Notice any claims that you thought were true? For the explanations, click here.
From the site:
Why Bad Sex Media Bingo?
So much coverage of sex in the media is boiled down to the simplest of clichés and the loudest of headlines. People with vested interests – campaigners, people selling toys, remedies and dubious fixes – are uncritically quoted as experts.
There are many ways to spot a bad sex programme or article – one that’s been made to fit an agenda, perhaps, or one that is more about prurience and sensationalism than accuracy or helping people.
So we’re inviting you to play Bad Sex Bingo with us. How many of our bingo numbers can you spot during each new programme or article about sex? Will you be able to call House! first?
Play along with us on Twitter: our hashtag is #badsexbingo.
We also hope you’ll use Bad Sex Media Bingo to inform media production, to teach and train on these issues, to support activist work in this area, and for any other purposes for which it is useful.
Each of the points in Bad Sex Media Bingo is:
- Commonly repeated in the media (across broadcast and print media),
- Problematic and potentially harmful,
- Easily recognisable, and
- Covers a range of areas.
For each of our bad sex media examples we also have explanations saying:
- Why they are a problem,
- What negative impacts they can have, and
- What would better ways of presenting sex there are.