Simon Nan, a Hong Kong sex toy maker, said the vibrators and inflatable dolls are not unusual and they promote sexual health.
Hong Kong: when Hong Kong businessman Simon Nan visited Hamburg a few years ago, he was first ashamed of his work experience.
"At six o'clock A. M. , my wife and I took a taxi from our hotel to the airport with a stranger," he recalls . ".
"This person is a professor at an American university and he is proud to tell us that his students are at the forefront around the world, including in Hong Kong.
He then asked me about my profession and I told him that I was the manufacturer of vibrators and other sex toys.
At this point, all the conversations stopped, said Nan.
"He is not interested in talking to me.
As a well-trained sexologist, Nan is convinced that the adult toy industry promotes sexual health, not metamorphosis, and he realizes that this response should be attributed to social conservatism.
But he was scarred by that experience.
"Since then, at a party with strangers, I have only distributed business cards related to other products of our company --
"Radio and tape recorder," he said.
"If you talk about adult toys, people think you're a pervert.
Even the Hong Kong Trade Development Authority, which provides a platform for trade expansion, does not allow his company, Nama manufacturing, to advertise its products --
Mainly for European and American markets
Or on display in Hong Kong.
Only after attending a mental rehabilitation conference on 2002 can Nan overcome this sense of shame, at which approximately 30 participants were asked to confess publicly --
About anything in their hearts
Standing in that dimly lit room, among those who were not judgmental, Nan admitted his "immorality ".
His speech struck others deeply, and they applauded him spontaneously, but how open their minds were, was quickly tested.
The group's American mentor asked the party how well they knew their parents.
Well, they replied.
Then the tutor asked them, "Do you know what they like best?
"Silent for a moment . . . . . . South, and others like that --
People with ideas in Hong Kong are trying to break this silence.
Recently, at their initiative, the first ever cultural festival was held in Hong Kong to open people to sexual health practices.
Exhibitors, including Nama manufacturing, showed off a series of "sexual health devices", with crowds of people visiting.
In addition, leading sexologists from all over the world are "happy: Women get a guide to the sex you want, need and deserve" and "sexual dysfunction: what it is and how we deal with it ", and a more convenient guide on "how to find your G points.
"This is the first time adult toy products are on display in Hong Kong," said Nan, whose company closed all other businesses last year and focused only on the adult toy business.
"This business is our biggest source of profit: it grows at more than 50 per year.
We are looking for a new market.
"One of the new markets he wants to break into is India, and if there is his way south, millions of Indian men will have inflatable dolls to play with, thanks to a handy 7" vibrator, countless Indian women will tremble because of the climax.
"I'm absolutely interested in coming to India," said Nan . " But he believes that appropriate legislation may be needed in India.
In any case, regardless of business considerations, Indians must open up to a higher level of openness on sexual issues, "because it is related to their sexual health, said Nan.