Of Shame and Sex Toys
And the struggle of overcoming the stigma tied to them.
After college, one of my friends trashed all of her sex toys. And her lingerie. She was moving back in with her parents, until she could find a job. “I’m terrified my mom will see them,” she said.
My friend was obviously no prude.
But her parents were, and she feared their judgment. Those toys never crossed the threshold. What a shame.
She didn’t even sell them online. Not that buying used sex toys is a great idea. You know exactly where they’ve been, just not how well they respond to cleaning. It all depends on the plastic.
Imagine all the sex toys sitting in land fills — just terrible for the environment. As one blogger writes, “I dream of the day our nation’s greatest minds come together and invent a compostable dildo.”
Environmental issues are just one reason we need to finally get over the stigma still associated with sex toys. We also need better health and safety regulation, and more education. We need to remain vigilant about laws that discriminate against sex toy users and retailers.
Sex toys in the closet
Turns out, my friend’s not the only person to struggle with the lingering shame of sex toys.
