CES REVOKES AN AWARD FOR A VIBRATOR — AND THE BBC IS ON IT:  ‘Award-winning’ sex toy for women withdrawn from show.

A sex toy designed for women has been banned from the technology show CES.

Lora DiCarlo said it had been invited to display its robotic Ose vibrator at CES, after winning an innovation award.

CES organiser the Consumer Technology Association, which granted the award, said it had included the device by mistake and could withdraw any immoral or obscene entry at any time.

Lora DiCarlo chief executive Lora Haddock said the CES and CTA had a history of gender bias.

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The product had been designed in partnership with a robotics laboratory at Oregon State University and had eight patents pending for “robotics, biomimicry, and engineering feats”, Ms Haddock said.

“We firmly believe that women, non-binary, gender non-conforming, and LGBTQI folks should be vocally claiming our space in pleasure and tech,” she said.

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Twitter users have reacted to the decision using the hashtag #CESGenderBias.

‘Why is CES threatened by empowered women and the products that empower them?” wrote one user.

‘CES is literally one big sex toy for men and that’s always been OK,’ said another.

Spotted outside the exhibition hall yesterday and today was the Wokemobile: Check Your Blind Spots mobile tour sheds light on unconscious biases.

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