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Shriveled Genitalia & Genitalia Terrorism

Gad -- the laws against genitalia terrorism are spreading:

I cannot, in other words, imagine living in Alabama. Or Texas. Or Louisiana. Or Georgia. Or Tennessee. Or in any of the handful of terrified and morally convulsive states where they prohibit such activities, where the selling of "genital stimulating devices" is outright illegal and deeply dreaded.

And stores that sell such nightmare devices are declared a threat to the community and a hazard to the soul and a sure sign of the devil and if you are caught selling a vibrator or using a dildo you could get 10 years in prison and/or be condemned to live in Alabama for the rest of your life.

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Oh, it is fun to laugh. It is fun to mock and point and say, aww, how cute, those lost and weird and backass Southern states where most people are just trying to live noble upstanding honest lives but where they still insist on putting stickers on biology textbooks to warn of the "dangers" of the theory of evolution.

Places where raw honest sexuality is a foreign language and homosexuality is considered a disease and where they lovingly allow sales of Viagra and Cialis and where they inject vats of Prozac and Xanax into their bodies alongside truckloads of deep-fried obesity-happy everything, but the thought of someone using a sex toy to please herself or her lover and to add to the overall positive orgasmic vibe of the planet is considered on par, legally speaking, with pedophilia, or burglary, or being from France.

And it's nice to think that, with the exception of a handful of sexless lawmakers and deeply repressed religious leaders who apparently possess genitalia so shriveled and sad not even their favorite Thai prostitutes can revive it, the vast majority of Americans scoff at this sort of law, sigh and shake their heads and move on. Yes, even those who live in Alabama, or in Texas (certainly in Austin, which mostly sort of pretends it's just visiting Texas and doesn't actually live there).
Mark Morford

Amen.

Next to be outlawed-- hairbrush handles, buggy whips, middle fingers, hairy palms, stick shifts (four on the floor gearshift, creature of urban legend, spanish fly)

But. It's okay if you have a prescription: Regina Lynn, Wired's cybersex reporter, says:

I have tendonitis in both arms, a chronic condition that causes me quite a bit
of pain if I'm not careful. I use various devices to help me work around it,
including a wireless curved keyboard and an ergonomic mouse that I can use with
either hand. If I have a bad flare-up, I stay off the keys for a day or two and
hire my sister to type for me.

And I never masturbate by hand anymore.

[Woo! Woo! To much information, Regina!] Hence the need for legal sex toys for those with disabilities. The Alabama law recognizes that sex toys are not inherently criminal. It exempts sexual devices used "for a bona fide medical, scientific, educational, legislative, judicial or law enforcement purpose." It just isn't clear on what qualifies as "bona fide" -- or who makes that decision.

Lynn also notes:

Very few sexual aids have been recognized by the FDA as medical devices. One is
the Eros Therapy, a suction cup that is placed on the clitoris. Another is the Ferticare, a sleeve-style vibrator designed for men with spinal cord injuries.
Both are available by prescription, and may be covered by insurance. The problem is that even if this particular type of sex aid works for you -- and I can tell you right now that a suction cup doesn't do anything for me -- not everyone can use them easily.

Thus a new hustle is born, the sextoy script doc.
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posted by degustibus at 9:57 AM