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Big W has pulled a controversial sexual education book for children from its shelves after staff copped abuse at several stores.

The book, authored by ABC personality Yumi Stynes and Dr Melissa Kang, explores a wide range of sexual topics such as masturbation, gender curiosity, LGBTQI issues, Hard Child Anal movies sex and ‘scissoring’ with illustrations. 

Titled, ‘Welcome to Sex: Your no-silly-questions guide to sexuality, pleasure and figuring it out’, the book is aimed at children aged eight and above.

Big W announced that it would be removing the book from stores and sell it exclusively online after ‘multiple incidents of abuse’ from customers on Tuesday. 

‘BIG W will continue to sell the parenting book, ‘Welcome to Sex’ as part of our Parenting range,’ a spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia.

Big W has pulled sexual education book ‘Welcome to Sex: Your no-silly-questions guide to sexuality, pleasure and figuring it out’ from its shelves following customer abuse

‘We know there has been a wide range of views about the book, however it’s disappointing that there have been multiple incidents of abuse directed at our store team members in the past 24 hours.

‘To keep our team and customers safe, the book will be available to customers online only from later today.’

The book has sparked widespread criticism for being ‘too graphic’ for young audiences.

Angry parents took to social media to slam Big W and the authors, with some threatening to boycott the department store.

Conservative podcaster Chris Primod uploaded a viral video claiming the book was ‘grooming’ children and ‘exposing them to highly inappropriate material’. 

‘How can anyone think they are not coming after the children after seeing books like this for sale openly in Big W,’ he said. 

Another angry social media user wrote: ‘Really? We need to teach 11-year-olds different sex positions? This book is a big no from me.’ 

A third added: ‘I have sent a protest letter to Big W about the porn book Welcome to Sex. It is extremely graphic. We should all make the effort to protest this stuff to children.’ 

The retail giant said the decision to pull the book was made following ‘multiple incidents of abuse’ directed towards its staff from customers (stock image)

The book contains frank descriptions of sexual acts like ‘scissoring’ that are illustrated with accompanying cartoons

Oral sex including the ’69’ position is also referenced in the book

However, others have leaped to the defence of the authors calling the reaction a ‘moral panic’.

‘Right wing cookers/religious nuts are trying to censor these books. Usual anti-queer, anti-feminist reasons,’ one person wrote.

Another parent said: ‘Can’t wait to purchase this. Your period book took away the fear for my 10-year-old daughter (and me!) so much. Forever grateful.’

Some pointed to other sexual education books that had previously been written for children, such as ‘Where Did I Come From?’ by British author Peter Mayle. 

On the eve of the book’s release back in May, Stynes told website Mamamia that she hoped the work would help parents talk candidly about sex with their children.

‘I think a lot of parents have inherited shame from their own parents and from our culture and society at large,’ Stynes said.

‘I think it’s partly shame about icky body fluids, but parents also worry about saying the wrong thing. 

ABC presenter Yumi Stynes says the book will be a ‘trusted resource’ that will help parents talk to their children about sex

‘Worry about planting an idea in their mind that wasn’t there before and then just making things worse! 

‘A lot of the difficulty parents have with these types of chats is just not knowing what to say and how to say it; it’s a very unflexed muscle that most of us have.’

She hopes the book will be a ‘trusted resource’ that will stop parents stumbling into saying the ‘wrong thing or saying something that’s informed by sexism or bad science’. 

Stynes argued that some 12-year-olds were mature and ‘quite sophisticated’ while others are ‘very childlike’ and parents had to tailor their conversations to both types. 

She advised parents to use news stories or TV shows as a hook to make talk about sex part of normal family chats.

‘Once they (children) know that you’re safe to talk to about sex with, and you’re not going to flip out, then they can return to the conversations again and they will absolutely love having a space to ask you those questions,’ she said.

Daily Mail Australia has reached out to Big W for comment.

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