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JustBrowsingTheWeb · 2024-10-27T17:10:20+00:00

Went to buy some toothpaste with my kids, 7 year old wants to see new toy in plastic boxes, it’s rows and rows of vibrators. Is it just me or is this a bit much for the weekly shop?

AgainandagainandagainSS · 27/10/2024 17:24

So just don’t buy one! Move along!

Why should sex be confined to some grubby private shop that most people are too embarrassed to go into. It’s a normal part of life (for most of us).

Procrastinates · 27/10/2024 17:24

JustBrowsingTheWeb · 27/10/2024 17:22

Think education and culture are most important towards promoting safe sex, but at my Tesco pharmacy is literally in the same store not really a barrier, anyone mature enough to be having sex should definitely be able to overcome this “obstacle”

Yes but a huge part of education is normalising it. Would you hide pregnancy tests behind the pharmacy too? It's not difficult to explain that some things are for when you're an adult.

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JustBrowsingTheWeb · 27/10/2024 17:24

Not the bullet things was the full size ones 😆

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justasking111 · 27/10/2024 17:24

JenniferBooth · 27/10/2024 17:21

The range is wider in some supermarkets including rabbit ones and fleshlight ones for men

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Really. Flashlights aren't small are they? Admit I've never seen one in the flesh

AppleKatie · 27/10/2024 17:23

Completelyjo · 27/10/2024 17:22

The problem with vibrators in Tesco is that it’s … mundane?

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😂😂

HarkALark · 27/10/2024 17:23

Hmm, I can't get het up about this at all. If the worry is that it might affect impressionable teenagers I think I'd rather they experimented with a vibe than risk potential teen pregnancy.

Completelyjo · 27/10/2024 17:22

Doliveira · 27/10/2024 17:20

I agree, it’s definitely disappointing that there is no discretion and that nothing is personal. Adds to the jaded quality of modern life.
horrible and mundane.

The problem with vibrators in Tesco is that it’s … mundane?

Mrsttcno1 · 27/10/2024 17:22

I don’t see any difference really between them and condoms, lube etc which have always just been out on display.

BalletCat · 27/10/2024 17:22

Completelyjo · 27/10/2024 17:13

I mean really what’s the difference between that and condoms?
One is for males and one is for females making it therefore so much more lewd?

Condoms are contraceptive devices and therefore a health care product. Vibrators are sex toys and not a health care product.

The male equivalent of a vibrator would be a fleshlight, not a condom.

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JustBrowsingTheWeb · 27/10/2024 17:22

Think education and culture are most important towards promoting safe sex, but at my Tesco pharmacy is literally in the same store not really a barrier, anyone mature enough to be having sex should definitely be able to overcome this “obstacle”

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JenniferBooth · 27/10/2024 17:21

Pyjamatimenow · 27/10/2024 17:18

It’s not like they’re selling dildos. You’re talking about those little bullet things. They’re not offensive objects.

The range is wider in some supermarkets including rabbit ones and fleshlight ones for men

MiddleParking · 27/10/2024 17:21

Doliveira · 27/10/2024 17:20

I agree, it’s definitely disappointing that there is no discretion and that nothing is personal. Adds to the jaded quality of modern life.
horrible and mundane.

They’re on sale on the higher shelves, they’re not for use in the aisle itself.

Pyjamatimenow · 27/10/2024 17:21

I do think those adverts for viagra shouldn’t be on until later in The evening though

Doliveira · 27/10/2024 17:20

I agree, it’s definitely disappointing that there is no discretion and that nothing is personal. Adds to the jaded quality of modern life.
horrible and mundane.

StarSlinger · 27/10/2024 17:20

I wouldn't expect them to be with the toothpaste but apart from that I'm not bothered.

Completelyjo · 27/10/2024 17:20

Boing98 · 27/10/2024 17:12

I went down the party aisle and found some straws to clutch

I hope they were willy straws!

Procrastinates · 27/10/2024 17:19

JustBrowsingTheWeb · 27/10/2024 17:17

I guess if I could pick I’d probably put condoms behind the pharmacy counter too, I get that people may want to buy these items it’s just that as a parent I want to choose when my kids hear about these things rather than just get exposed to them.

But these things should be normalised. Condoms and vibrators are just normal parts of adult life no different from seeing alcohol and pregnancy tests.

HarkALark · 27/10/2024 17:19

Boing98 · 27/10/2024 17:12

I went down the party aisle and found some straws to clutch

Ha! Lovely stuff.

Pyjamatimenow · 27/10/2024 17:18

It’s not like they’re selling dildos. You’re talking about those little bullet things. They’re not offensive objects.

Completelyjo · 27/10/2024 17:17

JustBrowsingTheWeb · 27/10/2024 17:17

I guess if I could pick I’d probably put condoms behind the pharmacy counter too, I get that people may want to buy these items it’s just that as a parent I want to choose when my kids hear about these things rather than just get exposed to them.

So the more barriers to safe sex the better? 🤨

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JustBrowsingTheWeb · 27/10/2024 17:17

I guess if I could pick I’d probably put condoms behind the pharmacy counter too, I get that people may want to buy these items it’s just that as a parent I want to choose when my kids hear about these things rather than just get exposed to them.

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JenniferBooth · 27/10/2024 17:15

Whats wrong with them selling vibrators. Ive bought a couple from Tesco And from Sainsburys too.

Completelyjo · 27/10/2024 17:15

SauviGone · 27/10/2024 17:12

YANBU. I thought I was seeing things.

They’ve put them next to the paracetamol and vitamins in my local Tesco

You mean where sexual products have always been in every single supermarket layout?
Condoms and lube is fine but there’s a line between those and a vibrator?

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Pulo · 27/10/2024 17:15

They’ve had vibrators by the condoms etc for years. Nothing new and not really anymore shameful than condoms