Sad, Sad State.. of Affairs
As documented in both Violet Blue’s site and BoingBoing, today was indeed a dark day in the fair state of Alabama. In short, the judicial court of Alabama has decided to uphold the ban on sex toys.
Admittedly, I have visited the lovely state of Alabama, and I would go out of my mind if I was denied the right to pleasure myself with any toy that I’ve chosen.
Did you know that vibrators were actually marketed in the late 1890s and early 1900s as medical devices? That’s right, folks; doctors believed that manually stimulating a woman’s clitoris to climax would rid her mind of hysterical outbursts. (Although, let’s be frank; if ole doc was doing a halfway decent job, it would RESULT in hysterical outbursts.) Doctors carried vibrators with them to ease the strain on their hands.
Since Alabama doesn’t seem to be far beyond the 1900s in many ways of thinking, why can’t we stick with that rationale? Why must we hide behind the moniker of “marital aids”? I have gone through several toys before I ever considered anything “marital”.
Modern Marvels on the History Channel has also gone so far to show patents created for sex toys that involve high-tech, holographic, interactive sex toys that are on the drawing boards.. are we to be deprived of these too? Because we may, GASP!, actually find pleasure in our own bodies?
Unfortunately, in all the digging I’ve done, I have found no answers or possible recourse available. So take my advice: refresh your batteries, literally and figuratively, and keep it buzzing.. deep in the heart of dixie.
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February 18th, 2007 at 6:55 pm
Shit!That is scary. I think any time healty sexutality is repressed by moral finger pointing, real sexual depravity will soon raise it’s ugly head. Think of the Catholic church.
The banning of sex toys is no trivial matter because it is symptomatic of an attitued that promotes abstinence and closes down sexual health clincs, thus making the world a more dangerous place for all of us.
STD infection is on the rise among young people. If they expect them to practice abstinence they should at least let them have a sex toy!