Immodest proposal: Buy A Sex Toy Day!
Just recently I learned about this thing called Buy A Gun Day. The idea is that one day each year gun enthusiasts, collectors, and people who are into that kind of thing buy new guns. Gun bloggers tend to photograph and display their booty and everyone geeks out together. It’s like an orgy of new toys*!
Orgy? Toys? Well this sounds promising, thought I!
Naturally I did what I always do when I learn something new. I made it dirty. Specifically, it occurred to me how cool it would be to have a Buy A Sex Toy Day. Because although guns are totally sweet and all, they don’t give me orgasms. Sex toys are also cheaper, I’ve noticed.
I think that beyond being an excuse for people to buy new fancies, BAG day is trying to make a point about the Second Amendment as well by encouraging people to exercise their right to bear arms. Dr. Mary Klein wrote an interesting piece a few months back where he stated that human rights are sexual rights. This is true. There are the (hopefully) no-brainer rights like “you always have the right to say ‘no’ to sex”, but there are the more nuanced ones like “you have the right to embrace your sexuality”.
Sex toys aren’t for everyone, but wouldn’t it be cool if absolutely anyone could feel okay about buying, using, and bringing them into various sexual situations? Wouldn’t it be cool if guys could talk about their toys as openly as we women can? Wouldn’t it be cool if teenagers who wanted sex toys could get them and explore their sexuality safely? I think so.
Thus, BAST day. If we could get a whole mess of people to all buy dildos, sleeves, bullets, nipple clamps, or whatever on one day, post about it on blogs, twitter about it, talk about it, perhaps coordinated pleasure could make a difference somehow. If not, hell. We’re having orgasms! Everything is just fine!
June 4th, the birthday of iconic sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer, is now Buy A Sex Toy Day in my heart, mind, blog, and pussy. I’m going to buy a sex toy on the appointed Friday. Will you join me?
*Guns aren’t toys, kids.
I’m in.
Yessiry bob! I like the way you think.