Robotic dildo barred from top tech showcase, prompting sexism claims

[sl8]

From https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/08/ces-dildo-gender-sex-toy-ose-personal-massager

Robotic dildo barred from top tech showcase, prompting sexism claims
CES organizers withdrew an award for the Osé personal massager despite spotlight on male-focused sex tech

Vivian Ho in San Francisco
Tue 8 Jan 2019 16.27 EST Last modified on Tue 8 Jan 2019 16.35 EST


The Osé personal massager was initially selected for a robotics award.
Photograph: Lora DiCarlo

The developers of a female-focused sex toy are alleging gender bias at the International Consumer Electronics Show after organizers revoked an innovation award honoring the company and prohibited it from showcasing its product.

Lora Haddock, founder and CEO of Lora DiCarlo, said her team had been overjoyed when the company’s Osé personal massager was selected as the CES 2019 Innovation Awards honoree in the robotics and drone product category.

It’s the company’s first product – a hands-free device developed by an almost entirely female team of engineers using “new micro-robotic technology that mimics all of the sensations of a human mouth, tongue, and fingers, for an experience that feels just like a real partner”, Haddock wrote in an open letter on the company’s website.

“My team rejoiced and celebrated,” she wrote. “A month later our excitement and preparations were cut short.”

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[Guy Whitey Corngood]

1. For a second there I thought this was Zuckerberg related. nt

[canetoad]

9. SNORT!

Good one.

[sfwriter]

25. Dork, Dingdong, Dingaling...

So many good “D” words for him in the double entendres category.

[True Dough]

30. The penetration was deep

with this joke!

[SunSeeker]

2. Hopefully this sexist move by CES will get in the media and give Ose publicity.

Why would CES revoke an award? What changed? Certainly not the dildo.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

3. CTA is two-faced, sexist, and ludicrous

From the article:

Haddock wrote that immediately after she asked why the award was revoked, CTA told the company that entries “deemed by CTA in their sole discretion to be immoral, obscene, indecent, profane or not in keeping with CTA’s image will be disqualified”. In a statement, CTA officials said the product “should not have been accepted for the Innovation Awards Program” because it “does not fit into any of our existing product categories”.

And:

Haddock called this “an even more insulting and frankly ridiculous assertion”. She noted that her team of engineers designed the Osé in partnership with Oregon State University, whose robotics lab is ranked as one of the best in the nation.

[SunSeeker]

4. How is a woman pleasuring herself in her own home "immoral"?

Those guys have issues.

[cynatnite]

5. It goes in the bad place...

The same place the majority of straight men want to be in.

[sdfernando]

17. They are terrified that it will do a better

Job than the men can do.

[littlemissmartypants]

18. Bingo. nt

[mwooldri]

21. It will.

Any man worth his salt will introduce sex toys into the relationship at an appropriate point. Frankly, the 'personal massager' can do things I cannot.

[Laffy Kat]

27. You got it! Men are terrified of vibrators and the like.

Such things make them feel obsolete. We don't even need them for reproduction anymore, really. It's threatening.

[Stellar]

37. and that scares the b'jebus out of them. nt

[Hermit-The-Prog]

7. must be Repugs stuck in 1950

[TreasonousBastard]

12. it "does not fit into any of our existing product categories"...

Seems it fits into something more interesting than product categories.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

35. LOL

Thank you, I needed a good laugh this morning!

[Blue_Tires]

34. Why is a robotics lab at a state university

allocating their resources on crafting sex toys??

[Hermit-The-Prog]

36. Why not?

Better than weaponry.

[Blue_Tires]

40. There's a university making weapons?

[JudyM]

39. Why are pharmaceutical companies developing erection pills?

[Volaris]

50. I don't care HOW they cover the cost of reduced tuition lol!

[xmas74]

53. Society is getting older

It is harder to hold sex toys yet they still have needs and urges.

If you have Netflix watch Grace and Frankie. Yes, it is a comedy but they actually address this in a way I never thought. Grace tries a vibrator and really enjoys it but it irritates her arthritis.

A hands free vibrator would allow use for the elderly, the disabled and other communities the opportunity to address their basic sexual urges in a safe, pleasurable manner.

[demsocialist]

6. I just want to know where to get one nt

[herding cats]

24. They're going to be available in Fall of 2019.

Scroll all the way to the bottom of the page and sign up for their mailing list and they'll notify you when they're available.

https://loradicarlo.com/

They need to get a preorder up soon. Pretty much every woman I spoke to is now interested.

[central scrutinizer]

45. Make your own with parts from Home Depot

Video:

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[MLAA]

8. Misogyny on display.

Meanwhile, I will give this marvelous company my business!

[MustLoveBeagles]

10. I have to get one of those

[Laffy Kat]

28. Wonder how much they cost?

Asking for a friend.

[MustLoveBeagles]

52. LOL

It's probably out of my budget right now. I'd guess it's $500.00 but it's probably more. It really sucks they banned displaying this but sex dolls and porn movies are okay.

[Laffy Kat]

54. Yep, the ole double standard is alive and well in the tech industry.

Why does this not surprise me?

[Johnny2X2X]

11. Let Mike Pence in!

He should be allowed to be there.

[True Dough]

31. "Hey lady"

"Don't give up on me
Don't burn your heart out, love
'Till we're ash over seas
Hey lady, said I don't wanna fight
Like pretty girls need cowboys
I need you here tonight."

[hunter]

41. That's nasty... There should be a warning on this post.

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[True Dough]

42. I was half expecting

a cease and desist order from Led Zeppelin's lawyers.

[crazycatlady]

44. In the convention or the dildo in him?

[yardwork]

13. A sex doll and porn is allowed, though.

This is pure sexism.

Meanwhile, Haddock pointed out that “a literal sex doll for men launched on the floor at CES in 2018 and a VR porn company exhibits there every year, allowing men to watch pornography in public as consumers walk by”.

[tulipsandroses]

16. This!!!

You can't have it both ways. Just another way, women are not given equal treatment.

[littlemissmartypants]

19. Exactly. eom

[cagefreesoylentgreen]

29. Adult Video Awards show

The Adult Video Awards used to have a convention and show that coincided with CES. Eventually complaints from both sets of organizers forced the AVAs to move their convention calendar. But CES still caters to mostly men.

[TexasBushwhacker]

46. Well, the Ose makes men unnecessary

and that's what they find obscene.

[yardwork]

47. Exactly.

[walkingman]

14. Great Valentines Gift idea!

[cstanleytech]

23. Depending on the price. If its 5000 dollars then I would look at buying some flowers

as well as candy and a nice dinner out.

[Glimmer of Hope]

15. Well all women will want one now.

[sagetea]

20. huh...

A woman pleasuring herself is a very beautiful thing. There is no shame in it. Those idiots are afraid to lose their shame, "who will they be" without it?



psst...sl8, thanks for the article.

sage

[cstanleytech]

22. From what I read they allow other sex robots to be shown and if true then

they should have allowed this unless they are going to ban those others as well.

[OnDoutside]

26. Bye bye, Phallacia ?

[brooklynite]

32. No, it's not sexist, it's puritanical...

There's no indication that a comparable toy for men would be allowed to be show either.

[Mariana]

38. No indication whatsoever.

"Meanwhile, Haddock pointed out that “a literal sex doll for men launched on the floor at CES in 2018..."

[demmiblue]

43. Not reading before responding is a pattern with some. n/t

[melm00se]

33. Being banned

and having the award rescinded will probably have a far more positive impact to the company than winning the award, getting a press release, a trophy and certificate.

[Blue_true]

48. If they allow sex related technology for men, then so should they allow that aimed at women.

Sounds like a boycott is in order (I don't use that hammer freely).

[Volaris]

49. What?

Whatever. If it's a robotic anything that is gonna help keep my female happy, then goddamn YES it should be considered valuable lol.

That it's not, tells me that this conference/contest/whatever is managed by a buncha incel little boys who CLEARLY don't understand how female spirits work lol...
I'd buy 2 of those damn things hahahhaha

[wasupaloopa]

51. I recently learned of a sex toy a woman wears and

the partner stimulates her over the Internet.

What’s that about?