Vibrators on sale at Tesco, thought it was a bit much

Alcohol, vapes, gambling, cigarettes and sex are all "adult pursuits"

3 of those involve literal poison. 4 of them are addictive. Only 1 is considered so horrendous that children cannot even see a box and be told "it's for adults".

And condoms and lube are just as much part of "adult sexual behaviour".

Well I get annoyed when newspapers have headlines about x happening literally yards from z location when it's a mile and a half away but technically it's correct.

I mean meh

couldnt get worked up over this. But I’m super open with my kids who are older than yours. But we’ve never hid sex or anything so wouldn’t of had an issue explaining this anyway 🤷‍♀️

@Warz Tesco's better stop selling The Sun newspaper then. Because even without the Page 3 boobies it's full of sex articles and headlines.

"Literally weeks" would absolutely be an exaggeration of a 13 day period too.

Seriously, in what way are children “being exposed” to anything?
Its a couple of boxes with no graphic imagery on the front and literally no way for a child to have any clue what’s inside unless they are an older teen and already know a lot about sex and therefore have been exposed elsewhere already.
Do you understand there’s not a live demo in the store?
A child would have absolutely no clue what’s in the box nor what it’s for.

My local Tesco has the condoms locked in a glass cabinet beside the paracetamol 🤦🏻‍♀️

You're making that up, though.

I said that it was "not long ago" that items like butt plugs were in age restricted areas of stores like Anne Summers.

I'm aware that vibrators have been in stores a little longer, but even then, less than 2 decades is not "literally decades" by any reasonable interpretation of the phrase (and if you want to dig into decimals, it is not 1.98 decades since June 2015.)

Things I can't get worked up about: increasing visibility of things designed to help women discover the potential of their own bodies and sexuality.

Surely if you're worried about what you say to your small children if they ask what they are is just what you'd say about condoms or pregnancy tests or whatever it you're coy about this kind of things, something along the lines of "it's for grown ups"?

Tbh I'm more bothered by the big signs/advertisements in chemists for viagra with slogans like "helping you connect" and - as in our local pharmacy- a big, shelf-high ad for it that literally says "erectile dysfunction" under the name. My ten year old had questions about that, questions less easy to answer than "it's for grown ups" 😂

Why are you - and other posters, but your posts are WAY more specific - trying to conflate the issues here?

There is nothing wrong with adult sex toys, sex toys for women or making them freely and widely available. There is nothing shameful or problematic about them whatsoever.

There IS something wrong with exposing young kids to adult sex toys, and normalising kids being exposed to adult sexual behaviour in any context.

I’m intrigued by the “rows and rows” of vibrators, in my Tesco there’s just a couple

really? At mine the whole bakery section is now anal beads alone

Get a grip. I hope you feel the same about condoms, but I imagine not as they’re for men!

I went to buy cat food for the neighbours cat on my online Tesco shop. Typed in Friskies (got whiskas and dreamies in a right muddle!) . Got the shock of my life when only a vibrator came up 🤣 not a bit of cat food in sight!

The fact you had to go into Boots and ask your Mums mate who worked there for a condom did nothing to stop unwanted pregnancy.

Picking one up with a sandwich and a can of coke is so much easier.

No I wouldn't round 8 days up to 2 weeks. I might 13 days though.

I’m intrigued by the “rows and rows” of vibrators, in my Tesco there’s just a couple along with the lube, pregnancy tests and cock rings. Is it really any different to a 7 year old wondering what a bottle of lube is? 🤷🏻‍♀️

I'm sure some people do

I really thought this thread was going to be about discounted vibrators in Tesco, with OP thinking there wasn’t as much money off them as she’d like.

“Decades” when referring to 1.98 decades is a whole lot close than you claiming supermarket have “just started” to stock these products.

I think we forget there are a whole swathe of women in this country that don’t associate sex with pleasure, because of their partners usually. It tends to make them rail against those who do and create these ridiculous arguments that children who see a vibrator will be scarred for life. I mean you could literally say to a child ‘adults use them during sex’ and they wouldn’t be harmed.

And even closer when you take into account we’re in the final days of the 10th month of the 9th year of the second decade.

I’m sure some medical staff would disagree with that statement!

So "literally decades" in the same way that 8 days is "literally weeks".

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The number of children affected by obesity and ill health from the rows upon rows of high sugar ultra processed food in Tescos is far high than those adversely affected by the presence of a vibrator.