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Over The Counter Sex Toys In Swedish Pharmacies

SOMETHING for the weekend, sir?

Sweden is famous for breaking sexual taboos, so barely an eyebrow was raised when state-run pharmacies began to sell over-the-counter sex toys this summer, alongside the more conventional headache pills and hot water bottles.

Now the shops are being hauled before the Equal Opportunies Ombudsman, the government referee on sexual discrimination, after two men complained that the erotic toys – the bestselling are vibrators and vagina balls – discriminate against males.

The pharmacy chain, Apoteket, had a “misguided and untrue view of sexuality whereby a woman with a dildo is seen as liberated, strong and independent, while a man with a blow-up plastic vagina is viewed as disgusting and perverted”, said one of the petitioners.

… and a toothbrush….

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Posted: 12th, August 2008 | In: Broadsheets, Strange But True, Twitterings Comments (6) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink

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coco says:
August 13th, 2008 at 6:30 am

HAIRYSWEDE! Yes I’m afraid it is. Very much so.

I want to be comfortable in the knowledge that if my Hubby buys himself a blow-up plastic vagina unbeknown to me and I go to get my prescribed medication from the same pharmacy - that the tarty girls who work there are not going to come into our pub at some point - and start taking the piss!

I think that it is perfectly natural for a man to buy himself a blow-up vagina!

Although - what is wrong with a warmed pot of whole strawberry jam or some freshly dug-up worms in a small jam-jar - I will never know!

(Before any rants from the Pam-types - I am taking the piss!)

HairySwede says:
August 12th, 2008 at 7:39 pm

just further proof that Sweden has lost its mind.

Where does equality end? Men and women are not the same. People in general are not the same. Trying to make everyone equal will eventually destroy all individuality. So where does it end? It’s somewhat frightening that this sort of thing even happens. Is it really worth fighting over the equality issues of sex toy availability in the state run pharmacy?