A rather strange protest involving ‘face-sitting’ has taken place outside Parliament and we have the most outrageous photos to prove it.
Sex workers and campaigners gathered in front of the buildings in Westminster to demonstrate against changes to pornography regulations.
The protest involved women straddling the faces of men on the lawns in central London, while demonstrators sang along to the Monty Python’s Sit On My Face.
"Come and sit on Santa's face" #PornProtest https://t.co/kzbHvpL0wo
— Louis Doré (@LouisAlexDore) December 12, 2014
As well as the semi-naked face-sitting, some of the participants also wore strange outfits.
Some people also questioned David Cameron’s abilities in the bedroom with some rather naughty signs.
https://twitter.com/DanimalDDavies/status/543418836016709632
They were unhappy the act of ‘face-sitting’ was being banned from online porn videos, along with other sexual activities, after the government included them on a list of ‘harmful’ content.
‘These activities were added to this list without the public being made aware,’ said campaigner Charlotte Rose.
‘There are activities on that list that may be deemed sexist, but it’s not just about sexism, it’s about censorship.
‘What the Government is doing is taking our personal liberties away without our permissions.’
Singing of Sit on my face begins…#pornprotest pic.twitter.com/tG0b5NOkL6
— Nichi Hodgson (@NichiHodgson) December 12, 2014
A quiet change in legislation has ruled paid-for online porn videos must now adhere to the same rules as content produced for sex shop-type videos.
It means acts that would not be classified as an R18 rating, in line with guidelines laid out by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), are prohibited.
The list of around ten acts reportedly range from spanking to strangulation.
#pornprotest "it's tough on the knees… maybe that's why it's not allowed now" – @MAbsolute pic.twitter.com/WzjpLBfOqI
— Juliet Brando (@sliderulesyou) December 12, 2014
Critics argue the change not only damages the country’s porn industry, with online viewers still able to access content banned in the UK by watching videos filmed abroad, but amounts to ‘arbitrary censorship’.
The Audiovisual Media Services Regulation 2014 came into effect this month.
