It’s hard to be delicate about this product, but I shall try. The Artificial Virginity Hymen is something that could have life-saving uses in parts of the world where women’s sexuality is oppressed. The diaphragm is designed to break and discharge fluid during intercourse, and while it could actually be used to avoid life-long stigmatization in cultures which demand virginity before marriage, it is more likely to be used as a toy or even as a value-added extra for sex professionals.

And as the Lady pointed out when her essential opinion was solicited, it is unlikely that a woman who may need this would have access to it anyway. Then again, it is being marketed on a sex-toy website, and catering to all kinds of fetishes is of course just fine. Maybe it’s the produce pitch itself which rankles so, insensitive and rather icky as it is. I have pasted it in below so you don’t have to click through to a sex-toy site from your office computer.

There is one thing we can learn from this. If you ever find yourself thinking “I wonder if they make …?” then the answer is almost certainly a big “yes.”

Product page [Gigimo via Geekologie]