Donna Rice Hughes Goes After ‘Teen Vogue’ for Anal How-To — Again

Anti-porn crusader Donna Rice Hughes, just one week after her group Enough is Enough succeeded in pressuring the coffeehouse chain Starbucks to block porn sites from their in-store free WiFi, resumed her attacks on a target she has assailed repeatedly over the past two years: Teen Vogue magazine. Specifically, Rice Hughes—who became famous in 1987 as the “other woman” in a sex scandal involving Democratic presidential candidate Gary Hart—is angry that the fashion and lifestyle magazine and website aimed at teen girls published, and then recently re-published, a sexual health article about anal sex, advising readers on “how to do it the RIGHT way.” “It's important that we talk about all kinds of sex because not everyone is having, or wants to have, ‘penis in the vagina’ sex,” wrote sexual wellness expert Gigi Engle in the article titled “Anal Sex: What You Need to Know.” Engle added, “it's helpful to know the facts. Even if you do learn more and decide anal sex is not a thing you'd like to try, it doesn't hurt to have the information.” But according to what Rice told the conservative Daily Caller news site this week, apparently, it does hurt to have the information. “Teen Vogue has had the perception of being a wholesome brand on fashion and trends,” Hughes told the Daily Caller. “It should not be a source on sexual experimentation. The new normal is anal sex in pornography.” In its initial publication of Engle’s anal sex guide, the Teen Vogue article reportedly neglected to mention the use of condoms for anal intercourse, but in the updated version, which also sparked Rice Hughes’s outrage, the article states that, “condoms are also nonnegotiable. There is no risk of pregnancy during anal sex, but STIs are widespread and abundant. Protect yourself and practice safe sex every single time.” In a statement published last year in response to the initial publication of Engle’s anal sex how-to guide, Rice made clear that not only should information about anal sex be withheld from teens—but young people also should have no access at all to information about sexuality. “Teen Vogue crossed the line by publishing a ‘how-to’ guide on anal sex for its young readers on its online site,” Rice Hughes said at the time. “It is irresponsible for a mainstream teen fashion publication owned by the trusted Conde Nast Company, to encourage teens and tweens to explore any type of sexual activity, for that matter. Our children must never be the target of unsolicited sexual advice from a mainstream media publication.” According to the Daily Caller, neither Engle nor any representative of Teen Vogue returned the conservative site’s requests for comment. Photo via CNN YouTube Screen Capture