This is not my normal subject matter. But, I have a point to make. When a state legislates Christian morality, the results can be uncomfortable. For example, Joanne Webb of Cleburne, Texas, conducted a legitimate business from the privacy of her home. Her customers were discrete woman with special needs. In this case the needs were, vibrators, lubricants, lotions and other erotic toys. Passion Parties is like Tupperware parties were in the 70s, except now the target audience is the 30 something horny set. To a reasonable person, there is nothing wrong here.
The arrest of Webb in Cleburne, a small town 50 miles southwest of Dallas, was the first time that any of the company's 3,000 sales consultants have been busted, said Pat Davis, the president of Passion Parties. She said the company was outraged by the charges and stood behind Webb.
"It makes you wonder what they're thinking out there in Texas,'' Davis said. "They sound like prudes, with antiquated laws. They must have all their street crime under control in Texas if they're going to spend tax money arresting us.''
I want to know the background story on this one. Who's idea was it to shut down Webb's harmless little business by pressing obscenity charges? Cleburne, a town of 30,000 people in northern Texas, must have it share of Christians who think they have the right to dictate what people do in their bedrooms, right? I counted 57 churches in a quick poll. I wonder which disgruntled customer tipped her pastor, who then pressured the cops to shut down this obvious den of inequity?
Here is my issue. I live in America. If I want to buy a vibrator at a neighbors sex toy party, then I should be allowed to do so without the fear of big brother (and his fundie overlords) looking over my shoulder - even if I lived in Texas.
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Volly · 866 weeks ago
I frequently cite Sam Harris' The End of Faith when discussions like this arise:
p. 159ff in the hardback edition...
It is no accident that people of faith often want to curtail the private freedoms of others....because the very idea of privacy is incompatible with the existence of God. If God sees and knows all things, and remains ... scandalized by certain sexual behaviors ..., then what people do in the privacy of their homes, though it may not have the slightest implication for their behavior in public, will still be a matter of public concern for people of faith.
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Be afraid. Be very afraid.
And angry!
/v
1minionsopinion · 866 weeks ago
" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQjTixo8lE4
This is a video about sex shops in Texas and the "sales techniques" to get around the obscenity laws. This isn't the one I was looking for to post here, but it's a good one.
Anonymous · 866 weeks ago
I also know for a fact that these very people are as bigoted as they come, because, they go far out of town to purchase adult books and toys for themselves.
GentlePath · 866 weeks ago
bullet 36p · 866 weeks ago
I imagine this scenario is more likely than the disgruntled or prudish customer:
Sexually unfulfilled woman married to repressive redneck purchased a vibrator. Redneck found or otherwise learned about the vibrator. Embarrassed at this insult to his masculinity and the idea that other women were privy to it, he reacted with adolescent vengeance by taking down the person who did this to him: the saleswoman. Rather than talk to his wife and grow as a person and perhaps have a more enjoyable sex life and marriage, he took revenge on an innocent to prove he was still a man.
I imagine it this way because it's always men who see women's sex toys as an accusation of poor performance. Rather than admit that some men could use a course on how to please a woman, they decide that such articles and their use are obscene and perverse and must, therefore, be eradicated.
bullet · 866 weeks ago
What a bunch of assholes.
Adult Toy Parties · 798 weeks ago