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Re:CES will allow sex tech on a one-year trial basis, and fi... by flukus on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @01:02AM (#20456625)
One is a psychologically manipulative way to get attention (like most advertising) in public that is also offensive to some and one is for use by consenting individuals in private. I don't see the issue explaining those moral values.

I bet all the people presenting products are still attractive models and salesmen though, so to an extent they're still using sex to sell things just in a less titillating manner.

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Re:CES will allow sex tech on a one-year trial basis, and fi... by chillage on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @11:14PM (#20466367)
Hasn't the consenting adult also been manipulated by a CES advertising booth into buying the sex item..?

And why is it bad to use sex to manipulate a customer into buying an item, but it is good to use free samples or pretty pictures to manipulate a customer into buying the same item?

Deriving cultural moral values from first principles is hairy :/

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