Could this happen in your country ?

[doc_bean]

I just heard a commerical on the radio, apparently, the most popular women/girl magazine is given away a free 'mini-vibrator' with its christmas issue.

So...I was wondering, could this happen in your country ? I'm assuming it's no for the US and yes for Holland, but what about the rest of the world ?

(For the Belgians: it's Flair)

EDIT: just to be clear: I'm not opposed to this

[Sir Moody]

i very much doubt it would in the UK

[Ronin]

the right-wing and church crowd would be up in arms over it....so I don´t think the magazine publishers would risk it.

[BigTex]

Doubt it could happen in Texas. They were up in arm's when a womens magazine did a sruvey on the top 10 makeshift vibrators. Needless to say the toy that won the top slot, the Harry Potter Miniture Broomstick, was imediately discontinued a week after that article came out.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not against it. But then again if the magazine is targeted at young girls, you may find alot of pissed off parents.

[Kralizec]

It has happened over here. Viva, I think. I'm not sure what to think about it.

[Banquo's Ghost]

I'm Irish. What's a vibrator?

[English assassin]

a womens magazine did a sruvey on the top 10 makeshift vibrators. ... the toy that won the top slot, the Harry Potter Miniture Broomstick was imediately discontinued a week after that article came out

Classic re you sure they didn't all sell out and you just thought it had been discontinued?

And if there isn't an all time great product liability claim in there I'm a Dutchman. Can we assume that all vaguely phallic shaped toys in the states will now have to carry the warning "Not to be used as a vibrator"? lets hope so.

[Watchman]

I don't see why it couldn't as such happen here. Odds are it'd be regarded as being of pretty poor taste though.

[BDC]

I'm sure if it happened here, there would be some extremely small outcry from religious groups, which would be blown massively out of proportion by the media desperate for stories. The magazine would sell brilliantly, and any small, vocal groups on the news would benefit too. Win-win in fact...

[BigTex]

Classic re you sure they didn't all sell out and you just thought it had been discontinued?

And if there isn't an all time great product liability claim in there I'm a Dutchman. Can we assume that all vaguely phallic shaped toys in the states will now have to carry the warning "Not to be used as a vibrator"? lets hope so.

No was indeed discontinued, they had a recall for the toys also IIRC. Happened about a year and a half ago.

I've noticed a couple toys now carry a warning not to place into any orpheus.... Also if you ever read the warning label on curling irons.

[Sjakihata]

I believe it could happen in denmark.

[Banquo's Ghost]

I've noticed a couple toys now carry a warning not to place into any orpheus....

What about Eurydice?

[Fragony]

Isn't flair a magazine about how to make a good applepie or correctly plan a vacation, desperate housewives going bonkers again

Ya that could definatily happen here, it didn't though

perverts

[Scurvy]

maybe in uk, but probably not....

[macsen rufus]

I'm sure it could happen in the UK, though probably with an age-limit for sales. Top-shelf stuff, I guess.

What really worries me is postal subscriptions, and whether they're shipped with batteries. Would you want to sign for mail that was a-buzzin' and a-shakin'????

[Kralizec]

Isn't flair a magazine about how to make a good applepie or correctly plan a vacation, desperate housewives going bonkers again

Ya that could definatily happen here, it didn't though

perverts

Yes, it did. I'm not sure wich magazine, but it offered a free vibrator if one were to take a subscription.

[Fragony]

Yes, it did. I'm not sure wich magazine, but it offered a free vibrator if one were to take a subscription.

hehe, sometimes I really like being dutch

[Sjakihata]

hehe, sometimes I really like being dutch

Does that mean you've ordered one?

[Fragony]

Stupid ain't it, turns out I could have gotten one for free with a magazine

[Kralizec]

Well, at least we can be happy that once again we're one step ahead of Belgium

[Fragony]

Thats about as challenging as drowning kittens, and not nearly as fun

[Don Corleone]

Contrary to popular belief, I think it COULD happen in the US. At least parts of the US. Heck, they sell vibrators at Spencer's in most malls. Now it probably wouldn't fly down in the Bible Belt, but up here in the Northeast with Sodom (aka New York) or on the Left Coast with Gomorrah (aka Los Angeles) I could definitely see this happening.

Note: in case it wasn't obvious, that was a touch of sarcasm on my part. I don't see New York or Los Angeles as particularly smite-worthy.

[Kagemusha]

Well i wouldnt be suprised if that would happen here.Altough i would think it as rather poor taste publicity stunt.

[Lorenzo_H]

It would be heavily frowned upon in all the countries I consider to have a respectable culture. Of which Belgium has been crossed out long ago.

[Fragony]

It would be heavily frowned upon in all the countries I consider to have a respectable culture. Of which Belgium has been crossed out long ago.

Being wrong never felt so right

I'll think I won'r ask diablodelmar his opinion on us dutxxxies

[drone]

No, it couldn't happen like that. Advertisers and mainstream magazine sellers would be threatened with boycotts by a vocal minority, and the promotion pulled.

Nothing wrong with vibrators themselves, these are sold in stores all over in the US. But to put it with a popular mainstream mag would be a disaster. Think of the children!

[yesdachi]

I don’t see it happening here in the US, especially in a popular teen magazine. Besides they (teens) don’t need it they are the ones having sex, it’s the bitter older women reading the Martha Stewart living and Woman's World who aren’t getting any who need the battery powered smile maker.

[IrishArmenian]

They could, but most women prefer sex here. Also, there are very few of those "Specifically For Women" magazines. Anyway, My wife and I always just get the newspaper.

[Papewaio]

What about Eurydice?

What about Oedipus... I suppose that one would be either for knitting needles or a general statement in banjo playing country.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

They could, but most women prefer sex here. Also, there are very few of those "Specifically For Women" magazines. Anyway, My wife and I always just get the newspaper.

...and that works for you two? Well, to each their own. I've never got that "hot and bothered" about current events....