Sex Toys

          I decided to create a blog commenting on the final chapter in the text.  Chapter 12 by far is the most entertaining and comical reading of them all.  I was blown away at the different inventions concocted by the sex industry.  Not only could I not believe that these inventions were actually patented, but the fact that almost all of these new technological toys failed somewhere in the manufacturing or production process.  I know these high-tech toys are expensive to manufacture and require a lot of mind and man power, but who is honestly going to pay 400 dollars for a virtual sex machine?  Granted the majority of the consumers are wealthy and can spend their money like it is water, but if they have that much money why not spend it on a real human being?  Maybe this virtual sex machine is a safe bet for not contracting any STDs, but if I am going to go through all that trouble to please myself and spend all that money you better believe I would spend it on a real individual that can do more than three commands or speeds.

            It was stated in the reading that these inventions are definitely ahead of their time and boy were they right.  I would have never fathomed the idea of any of these supposed toys.  Whatever happened to simplicity?  I guess your significant other, dildo, or occasional hookup of some random girl from the bar is not good enough anymore.  I personally feel that these toys are being invented not because of demand, but because the sex industry is so persuasive, forceful, and money hungry.  They will do anything to obtain more money for once you start you cannot stop.  I do not necessarily feel these toys are bad, but the average person cannot afford half of these products although many people do go to extremes for pleasure and sex. 

            I actually enjoyed this reading for it ended this course on a comical note.  After all that talk about protecting the children and how pornography is producing rapists and pedophiles it was a great change to read something that was not as serious and pessimistic.