Mumsnet vibrator: for "mothers, women and people with wombs"

[NewBootsAndRanty]

Amongst otherthings that stand out from the article:

"We knew from previous activations with our community that sex and motherhood is a deeply-rooted taboo. The lack of conversation and resources on the topic is leaving women and people with wombs feeling side-lined as sexual beings. At Smile Makers, we have been tackling taboos around female sexuality for over 10 years and that was obviously an important one to remove"

www.mumsnet.com/articles/the-whisperer



Where to start with the language mangling?

[YesitsBess]

I'm actually beginning to wonder if they're more worried about that than everything else. I mean, who put that all the way to production without someone saying "erm...it looks like Shrek's ear"?

[ResisterRex]

The CF-er would have been amazing!

[Slothtoes]

Shrek’s ear or a can of green Febreeze

[ResisterRex]

I think the text has been changed as I now can't see any reference to a "womb". But is this new?

"Tackling the taboo of mothers’ pleasure, sexuality and education..."

Our education is a taboo is it? In the UK?!

I note the brand director's Twitter is set to private.

[WinnieFosterReads]

The CFer would have been perfect

[BernardBlacksMolluscs]

@JarByTheDoor

To be fair, it might actually be my fault the thing is called The Whisperer — in a previous incarnation I posted this thread: www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/4647187-exactly-what-special-sex-toy-needs-does-mn-think-mners-might-have
— about a poll MN were running on potential names for a new MN-endorsed vibrator, in which I said that I could at least kind of understand The Whisperer, as opposed to The Postman or The Sorcerer, even if it gave me the feathery-stroker creeps.

(Yeah, I know they never even saw my thread with MNers ripping apart both the proposed names and the very idea of a MN-branded vibrator. I know they never saw it, because someone came up with The CFer, which is so clearly the perfect name for such an item that, if seen, all other names would've been immediately ditched.)

I asked this on the other thread too, but have we established why it’s important that it’s quiet?

is a selling feature that you can use it while your baby’s asleep in the room or something?

[RedToothBrush]

The only taboo here is that women aren't allowed to call themselves women and have their own sexuality. It must be imposed on them by dicks and dickheads.

[Gingerkittykat]

Two groups who will not be buying this vibrator.
1 Women on Mumsnet who find the wording offensive.
2 People who describe themselves as womb/ cervix/ vulva havers who hate Mumsnet.

[YouJustDoYou]

@Gingerkittykat

Two groups who will not be buying this vibrator.
1 Women on Mumsnet who find the wording offensive.
2 People who describe themselves as womb/ cervix/ vulva havers who hate Mumsnet.

And women who've had their wombs removed, because apparently only womb-havers can use this vibrator.

[MrsFButton]

You put it in your womb??? I do not want whatever this is

[AlliwantforChristmasisgu]

I wonder if the ‘taboo’ thought has been dreamed up by men who view women as ‘mother’ OR ‘virgin’ OR ‘sexual’ but not really as a complete person in her own right?

[Itisbetter]

This reminds me of a school run conversation with my teens where one of them was yakking on about old married people just not being interested in sex….I suggested to the car that people with long term partners or married probably had far more sex than singles….lovely quiet drive home after that.

[SirChenjins]

@AlliwantforChristmasisgu

I wonder if the ‘taboo’ thought has been dreamed up by men who view women as ‘mother’ OR ‘virgin’ OR ‘sexual’ but not really as a complete person in her own right?

Or young men who think that because women who’ve just had babies don’t talk about sex in front of them (because it’s actually none of their fucking business) then it’s obviously a taboo subject.

[Slothtoes]

The only taboo here is that women aren't allowed to call themselves women and have their own sexuality.

THIS

[YouJustDoYou]

@MrsFButton

You put it in your womb??? I do not want whatever this is

Ha, just realised I miss-quoted them - the company actually said "vulva owners".....which is just as bad, because I think from what I understand the company is run by two guys, who don't know vibrators are FOR THE CLITORUS...

[Clymene]

It originally said 'people with wombs' @YouJustDoYou (hence the title of this thread). They changed it to vulva owners after multiple threads on here pointing out that not all women have wombs

[EmpressaurusOfWitchesBackFromTheDead]

@Clymene

It originally said 'people with wombs' @YouJustDoYou (hence the title of this thread). They changed it to vulva owners after multiple threads on here pointing out that not all women have wombs

They've taken vulva owners out now too. I don't think it makes a difference. I still wouldn't use any product these people came up with.