I was standing in the harmony sex store in central London staring at a plastic vagina.
I don't do this often.
But a few weeks ago I read a news about a number of Swedish men reporting a pharmacy to the Swedish Ombudsman for equal opportunities for gender discrimination. Why?
Because it only prepares sex toys for women, not for men.
People don't usually talk about this right now.
They hit rabbits around the rabbit, but the plastic vagina hasn't had sex and City moments yet.
What's out there?
Or rather, what's inside?
Simon Pope is the buyer of harmony.
He was small and looked tired, but he took me through the shelf of a man's toy and a man was discussing the drill bit.
"The biggest thing at the moment is the anal toy," he said, waving to a stone next to the naughty boy's prostate massager.
"It seems that people have finally discovered their tramp.
"Straight men used to be reluctant to buy anything anal," he told me.
All this has changed.
"We read the inflatable doll together, there is a fat inflatable doll called Fatima, this is a fully functional sex toy, I feel strange sympathy for it and some vagina.
I put my finger in.
It has the texture of rotten jelly. It feels dead.
"Men buy these things mainly for use alone," Simon said . ".
He pointed out the Juicy Lucy portable can, which looks like a beer can, but with a vagina and an anus inside, and a torch Fleshlight with a vagina.
The two look like they were made ever
James Bond smiled and asked, "Now, bond, the vagina will jump out if you press this key!
"Toys are now more acceptable than before," Simon mused . ".
"There is more cross between the mainstream and us.
But there is still more discussion about women's sex toys.
They are more outside. " Why is this?
Why does a woman wave to the world while a man hides the rubber vagina? (
As it happens, I don't have a rabbit.
I don't like things with faces. )Simon pauses.
He carefully chose his words and said: "male sex toys don't look as cute as female sex toys.
The vibrator looks more attractive than a fake vagina. "I came to him.
You can't say the vagina is ugly.
You can't say it looks like a face with a door hitting in.
Not in the Independent. Not in 2008.
"The vibrator doesn't have to look like a penis," he said . ".
"The vagina always looks like a vagina.
"We stopped together in front of Australia's best vibrating pussy and ass.
"You will never see people wearing boots," he said . "
It's hard to disagree.
A man wandered beside the Juicy Lucy portable can.
He said he would buy it. Why? He's handsome.
I will go to bed with him if he has a house.
"This is a simple form of masturbation," he said . "
"You can't go to a girlfriend all the time.
This is the requirement now.
It is available any time you want it.
"I also found someone who bought meat.
He looks so normal.
If you look at his wallet, you may find a Pizza Express loyalty card.
"I will accept it, but I will not tell my girlfriend," he said . ". Why not?
He looked surprised.
"Can you tell someone you're going to put your dick up? " he asks.
It looks like a ham sandwich with poor packaging. "A-ha!
So the people in Sweden are wrong.
What makes Australia's best vibrating pussy and ass up and down in Boots is not hatred for men.
This is hatred for women.
Our things look like food.
Men don't want to be alone with them.
On the way out, I talked to store manager Tony.
He had the face of a central actor gangster who sold sex toys for 13 years.
He says he can find up to 30 plastic vaginas a day. Who buys them? "Men," he says. "Lonely men. " (
So all the guys in the plastic vagina are lying about having a real girlfriend? )
"These useless toys are for couples, but many women still don't like the idea of men screwing plastic vaginas," he said . ".
"This is still unacceptable.
"He looked at me and showed me the tape --
On dildos, this is for women who want to rape their boyfriends.
So, does the male become more open to the idea of being raped by his girlfriend? (This makes me very happy. )"Yes," he says.
Tony is a silent man.
But these are not the most delicate sex toys men can buy. Davecat (
Not his real name)is a 35-year-
Old American from Detroit
He owns a $7,000 silicone entity doll called Sidore, made in California by Abyss Creations.
According to her drooling website, Sidor is "a cancer patient who loves happiness, video games and foot wipes . "
She is also very beautiful. A perfect 10.
She has breasts, vagina, anus and three tongue that can be moved.
Davecat is "I-dollators".
They worship dolls.
When I called him to discuss Sidore, Davecat said: "Sidore means a lot to me . ".
"She was my ideal partner.
She met a lot of sexual needs, but more importantly, she met a lot of emotional needs. " Such as? He pauses.
"I can't meet her demands.
She is always by my side.
Human beings cannot guarantee.
No variables]with the doll]
, May or may not happen strange things.
There is always a constant.
I like things that don't change, you can't change more than a doll.
Any future girlfriend must accept Sidore, he added.
"I can't get rid of her.
"She can't talk, do you mind?
"I 'd prefer it if she did, but doll technology can only go that far," he replied . ".
"My ideal partner will be gynoid [
Female Android].
There are only a few in the world that cannot be used in consumer markets.
The dolls are great but they can't move and they can't talk ".
I don't know what to say to David Carter.
So I asked him, would you really rather have a relationship with a robot than a very beautiful actress? "Yes," he says.
"This is the end of everything, it is everything.
"He doesn't like to call Sidore with the word" sex toy.
"This is demeaning and there are limits," he said . "
"What Sidore offers is more than just sexual satisfaction.
When people think about sex dolls, they think about blowing-
"I think briefly of poor, fat Fatima," rather than something you can actually relate.
I don't think I'm a toy fan.
I think I'm a doll husband.
Mr. G, 41, lives in Virginia.
He has two mouthfuls of realdols GingerBrooke and KellySue.
"Jiang Brook is pure and innocent," he said . "
He spoke very seriously with a Southern accent.
"She won't hurt a fly.
Kelly is more aggressive.
So I asked him, why are you sleeping with a real doll?
Three times a week)
No real woman ever?
"Dating is always more troublesome than it is worth it," he said . ".
"I don't want to have anything to do with anyone.
He added: "He does not want to get sick.
He doesn't want children.
He talked about some of the catastrophic experiences with women.
Does he mind if the real doll is so passive? "No.
I like to control myself.
"Do you want them to talk? "No".
Have you ever felt lonely? "No".
Will you give them up? "No".
When he first got GingerBrooke, he explained: "I think it would be great for sex and for people who interact with it.
But in the first month, I had more fun playing with ginger than with human women.
I don't know how far it will go.
They're more human than anyone I 've ever seen.
They won't break the law, they won't lie to me, and they won't steal.
There is no evil in them.
"But I point out that there is no good for them either.
"They are very kind to me," he replied . ".
"They look the same today as when I got them.
They will not grow old.
I want to bury with them.
"I also have a British I-
Dollator, who is called Zazakell.
He is 62 years old and bought three dolls.
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
After Romy And Leeloo divorced
He spoke to me like a stern teacher and told me how kind the dolls in reality were.
"They are very clean, very safe and very low maintenance costs," he said . ".
"They don't do any harm to anyone.
He added: "They are very helpful to shy men, virgins, disabled people and men who fail to date.
Or they can be a learning tool.
It takes a lot of pressure to try to get into a relationship.
Women use them. couples use them to simulate the threesome. gay men have dolls. " (
I checked a real man doll.
His name is Charlie. I will go. )
Zazakell first saw a real-life doll on So Graham Norton's show.
"She's a beautiful doll. that's how I found it," he said . "
He mainly regarded them as partners of hugs.
"It's good to have something to hug.
Do you remember you had a cute toy when you were young?
It feels the same.
You need to have some kind of contact and contact at any age.
But nothing can replace a real woman.
"Is it time to ask him?
Fear, hatred or distrust of women?
"Stay away from it, no," Zazakell stressed . ".
Most of us worship women.
We use electric blankets with our dolls so they are not cold.
It has its own features,
Even if it is an inanimate object, it has its own personality.
If you are romantic, you may give your doll a name and you will dress her well and you may talk to her occasionally.
Sex toys like vibrators are very different from dolls.
There are many more dolls than this.
I don't see anyone buying sex toys for 5,000. Can you?
"I told Zazakell the story of a doll repairman who was sent to a broken doll;
Her leg was torn off and the hole in her chest was opened.
"Only once, I saw a picture of a doll with a doll crushed by a delivery truck," Zazakell said . ".
"The man's posting of these photos on the Internet has caused almost intense protests.
It was torn down. Because we [i-dollators]
I feel very sad that a doll was knocked down.
"We don't want people like [
In our community. .
It's like saying that everyone who kills is a serial killer, and people kill people for all sorts of reasons, isn't it?
"He later sent me a strict letter telling me not to make the dolls sensational.
"We are a cross
Like society, "he said.
So I left baby Valley.
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