Vibrators and sexism
I wasn't the only one who blogged about the amusing product that turned a mobile into a vibrator. On the Volokh Conspiracy, the story lead into a debate about why (outside the most puritan circles) a woman using a vibrator is perfectly socially acceptable, but a man would be considered pathetic for using a personal sex toy.
I think he's on to something. A woman who wants more sex but can't get it is probably just picky (etc) while a man in the same situation is pathetic. Thus, if using a sex toy is a signal of too little sex, it reflects differently (in fact, opposite) on men and women. A woman would become more desireable for it, a man less so, because in either case it's his fault.
The reason? Essentially supply and demand.
10:33:47 PM 
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