When lora Haddock learned that her company's robotic toys will receive the innovation award and will be on display at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, she was "angered ".
Sex toy company LoraDiCarlo's robot massager theosé was developed at the robot lab at Oregon State University, which claims to be "a product designed for hand"
Free hybrid climax "use" advanced micro
A robot that imitates human touch.
But when atLora DiCarlo's staff began preparing for the event, haddock received an email from the Consumer Technology Association, which organized CES, canceling the offer.
It refers to a clause in the awardsubmissions guide, which reads: "CTA's self-determination of entries that are immoral, obscene and indecent, and those that do not meet the image of CTA will be disqualified.
Our biggest question is: how is the sexual health and health of women and the happiness of women immoral or obscene?
Hardock said as host Carol left.
"The thing that we find arbitration and capricious and very biased is that, in fact, there are other similar products on CES that have been on display for years.
"She is referring to adult products companies like erealdoll, which launched the first sex robot Harmony at CES in 2017 and launched a program called Harmony at this year's event.
Or Naughty America, which showed its virtual reality porn at CES in 2016 and is back this year, its augmented reality porn app allows users to show porn using their smartphone camera
The annual science and technology exhibition was also attacked for using "booth baby --scantily-
Draw attention to the wearing models of the products on the floor of the exhibition hall.
"It seems to us that products that explicitly allow men to have explicit sex are more likely to get a pass than products that are geared towards female fun and female sex," Haddock said . ".
When Haddock pressed the CTA, she received follow-up emails from CTApresident and CEO Gary Shapiro as well as executive vice president
President Karen Chupka, there is no mention of obscenity this time.
Unfortunately ,[Osé]
"It is not suitable for any of our existing product categories and should not be accepted by the Innovation Awards program," it wrote . ".
"We can understand your frustration, but hope you understand that even if your submission is wrongly allowed in the first place, we cannot reward unqualified products.
"This is also not in touch with Haddock.
"The fact is that we went through the CTA review process, and then we were then judged by a panel of robotic expert judges who decided we were at the top of the pile and they gave us an award she said.
As it happens: Ottawa sex toy manufacturers are suing for "secret collection" intimate habits: the new sex toy brothel breaks the city's routine, the Toronto MP says. A spokesman for the criticA CTA said they would not answer questions about the differences between the two email companies and other adult companies.
"The products cited are not suitable for any of our existing product categories and should not be accepted for the Innovation Award Program.
CES has no category for sex toys, "the company said in an email statement.
"CTA conveyed this position to loradicarloly two months ago and we have apologized to them for our mistake.
But Hardock says it's not good enough.
Especially in a tech industry where male dominance and allegations of gender discrimination continue.
"We're trying to have a real conversation about the real inclusion of all the technicians, really making women and non-women
Binary and non
"Cisgendered men have a place in the industry," she said . ".
Tires by Hina Goodyear.
Interview with Laura Hardock, made by Ashley Mai.