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Exqueeze me? The fuck? Is that real?
Edit: yes. Although it’s mired in legislative gobbledygook:
So, women seem to be exempt (“he possesses with intent”) and it is a “performance”. Whatever that means. And it’s a misdemeanor.
But it’s real. Can have six dildos in a performance, but more than six? Oooh that’s a paddlin’.
The documentary, Dildo Diaries, explores the topic in great, and sometimes hilarious detail. I happened to see this film around 2003, at a small art cinema, with Laura Barton and Judy Wilder present. So afterwards we had a Q&A. At that time one could sell/posses a 'representative model' for demonstrating how to put on a condom, but it was illegal if it also vibrated. And one could sell/ possess a non-anatomically correct 'dildo', which could legally vibrate. But one could not sell / purchase both from the same store. There were/ are literally stores that have an interior door dividing the two types. Also, if I recall correctly, there were limits on how many one could have, and categories including 'collectors' for those that had more than 6, I think.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0332604/plotsummary/
Well, I find this law to be obscene, so I guess it's illegal.
One mans obscenity is another man’s pleasure. I would normally say the Supreme Court will strike this down quickly, but you know where we are
That gives me a hell of an idea for a stage act up here in NYC
That law looks like it's written so that they could arrest me for having 6 books they didn't like. Obscene could mean anything here. It just screams "selective punishment".
It is defined earlier in the law but it was too long and boring to paste in. It still boils down to "obscene" items, which - yeah.
Typically in legalese like this, “he” isn’t denoting only people who use that pronoun, it’s understood to apply to all people.
The law as you posted seems to be equating owning more than six “obscene devices” with an intent to sell them, or use them as part of a business, whether that actually is the intent or not. It also notes that have multiple “devices” that are the same or similar is also an offense (so having two identical or even similar sex toys even if you have fewer than six total would also be a misdemeanor).
But you can claim they are for medical or psychiatric purpose and have as many as you need:
Yeah but it's an interesting defense. There are laws that only apply to women, aren't there? And they dont' use "he". You'd lose, but it'd be an interesting case.
And the definitions section was too long to paste in, but you can get there from the link in the article.
you can legally own more guns than sex toys in the Lone Star State
I mean, unless it's defined elsewhere, it's leaving an awful lot of space to interpret "obscenity"...
It is defined earlier in the statute. You can get to it through the link in the article, it goes right there.