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Funny shapes, spicy and colourful

The Young Reporter (1994, November 21), 27(02), pp. 3.
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CLARIS (faked name), who has visited a sex shop when she travelled in US, said sex shops there are very different from the ones in Hongkong.

“The sex shop I’ve visited is found in a downtown street. It looks like a small department store. There are two storeys of the store,” she said.

“In Hongkong, however, the sex shops are very small and somewhat ‘underground'. They are always found in small shopping centres.”

“There was a wide range of products. You can find a whole floor selling sexy underwear, chains, leather whips for special needs. There is a large comer selling masturbation kits. I find there are many dildos with different colours and sizes.

“The most shocking of all is the size and shape of these dildos. Some are very large and some even have spines of about 3 inches. I wonder if anybody can use it,” she smiled embarrassingly.

“There are also small gifts with nude figures, such as pokers, calendars,” she said.

“In Hong Kong, only limited products can be found. Those products are basically similar and the quality is low.

“And I have seen a new condom shop selling condoms in Hongkong. These products are imported from Japan. The packages are funny.”

“There are different colours of condoms. Some are packed like coins, some are packed like a bag of chips, some are packed in a golf ball. I wonder if they can cheat people.” she said.

“One of my friends has seen these when she was in Japan,” Claris said.

Most of sex shop customers are around 20. They are open-minded towards sex and never embarrassed when visiting sex shop.

In Hongkong people seem to be interested in the condom shop. It is usually crowded with people and about 60 square feet shop.

Since Hongkong is still a conservative society, Claris does feel uneasy when visiting sex shops in Hong kong.

“It is because I was afraid of being seen by the others.”

She said US people are open- minded towards sex. “Just take this as an example, although love-making films are prohibited on television in Hongkong, you can have a ‘playboy channel’ from cable TV in US. All films of the channel are prohibited in Hongkong,” she said.

“My friend subscribed playboy channel. Every time I switched to this channel, it showed sex intercourse episodes, sometimes even oral sex.”

She said there is a great cultural difference between Hongkong and US.

“In US, people have sex as early as in high school. They think sex is natural and common. They are also well educated on sex.”

In some countries, people received sex knowledge when they are in kindergarten. From a recent survey conduced by the University of Chicago shows that most American had sex early in their teenagers and most American men had 6 partners during their lifetime.”

“Casual sex and premarital sex are always practised. You can always read from the magazine that teenage girls had sex, got pregnant. They would be shameful if they did not have sex. But I don’t think Hongkong people can accept this.”

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