2015, the Year of the Strap-on (Vulture)

by Viviane on 06/12/2025

in sex

“2015 didn’t invent strap-on sex on TV, but these shows are perfecting it, even just by depicting it in frank or funny or sexy ways, rather than as a sign of deviance. (Unlike the new season of True Detective, which includes a treasure chest of dildos and fleshlights as an embodiment of what’s perceived as profound perversion.) There was a time not that long ago when Sex and the City‘s discussions of vibrators was a little bit scandalous, and handled with some fanfare. Now Inside Amy Schumer has the climactic switchblade moment of 1957’s 12 Angry Men reimagined with waggly dildos. This is what progress looks like: normalizing and contextualizing what for lots people — especially women-people — is a pretty ordinary form of sexual expression.”

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http://www.vulture.com/2015/06/2015-the-year-of-the-strap-on.html

 

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