I'm sure the reg had an article about a male equivalent of the rabbit, maybe you could send them a link?

Not the male Bella version.

http://www.israelshamir.net/English/Eng43.htm

working in a brothel as a gigalo for the ladies only

"Doesn't Sweden of all places have an Ann Summer's equivalent?"

Not Ann Summers - for some reason, the place to get a well crafted "kitorisvibrator" is in the swedish highstreet equivalent of Maplins: http://www.teknikmagasinet.se/nydb/db.pl?kategori_id=006010008&offset=0&limit=50&template_file=db_list.html

Well I guess it IS electrical after all....

My swedish is a little rusty, but unlike Apoteket, it looks like they're well equipped with male pleasuring tools - such as the "Monkey Spank Vibro"

In a pub toilet vending machine I recently saw blow up sheep for sale. (This was in Wales, of course).

well wtf's wrong with swedish women that they are more concerned with a plastic dong than a real thing (with free spider removal attachment)?

b :"what the fark is wrong with swedish men?!"

Too much Abba. It can be the only explanation...

A 'sluta röka program' is nothing more exciting than a 'stop smoking' programme, sadly. As amusing as the word 'slut' is, it just means 'stop'.

I just spent the weekend in Sweden and unfortunately didn't visit any pharmacies, but if I had I'd surely have been incensed at the lack of choice for, err, me!

The Danes might still supply male vibrators on their health service - I was sitting with a bunch of mouth open, dumb struck Brits when the device was comprehensively demonstrated on the Danish version of the national 6 o'clock TV news a few years back - complete with a testimonial from a lady who'd been impregnated after it's successful use :-)

PS judging by this photo shoot in "the local" there just does not appear to be too many likely lads and the ladies truly out number the other half check out photos !0 & 11 in the sequence and it explains much about the problem !

link=http://www.thelocal.se/gallery/290/2/

for the ladies, not woman or mingers,

Get home and a little rose kills the fire after a long crappy day

They do it all, porno and tissue paper

Too much Abba? More like too much Basshunter.

there is no reason why men can't use dildos. It mightn't be your thing but that's a different argument.

Yeah could fit every dickhead in the House of Commons with room to spare. It was only after hearing that case of the asphyxiated MP Chappie I realised where "swing high swing low COMING FORTH to carry me home" came from.

Well I for one do not not want a plastic vagina to blow up on me! The QA problem?

Time for sedative... pass me another beer.

While men can use a dildo, no doubt about that, there are a few issues -

Firstly men would require a different range of sizes than women, for obvious reasons.

Secondly a dildo used by a man is not "equivalent" to say a Fleshlight, which frankly is pretty high quality. A dildo for a woman is used for genital stimulation, for men it's obviously a matter of taste (and despite popular opinion has nothing to do with sexual orientation).

So obviously they didn't care enough to do even the most cursory investigation of such products, I mean the fleshlight has a wikipedia entry for goodness sake - the fact that it warranted an entry implies its significance.

Look at how many celebrity women have admitted to using a vibrator or other toys, then look at how many celebrity men have done likewise - see the incongruity? It's culturally a lot more acceptable for women to use toys than men, no matter what country you're in just about.

> Secondly a dildo used by a man is not "equivalent" to say a Fleshlight, which frankly is pretty high quality. A dildo for a woman is used for genital stimulation, for men it's obviously a matter of taste (and despite popular opinion has nothing to do with sexual orientation).

What flavour do dildos come in?

The truth remains though, a man using a dildo anally is not comparable to a woman using it vaginally. It is instead comparable to a woman using a dildo anally. Thus they sell toys for the stimulation of female genitals but not for the stimulation of male genitals.

Seems pretty clear cut to me. Oh and before anyone starts up, yes I have tried them anally and quite enjoy it... but it isn't as widespread for either gender and it isn't for everyone. It also is a completely different experience from traditional genital stimulation, which frankly I believe should be available to everyone irrespective of what else they enjoy.