Alaska Commons: Zimbabwean Women Fight Sex Toy Ban, Challenging Patriarchal Views
Sex toys are banned in Zimbabwe under a "entertainment censorship and control" law that considers them "obscene". Violation of this law can lead to imprisonment.
Thus, women began to form associations to restore justice, but their claims in the courts were not considered in the right way, although this law is not constitutional.
In their opinion, sex in the country is a means of satisfying men, while women are forbidden to have fun alone.
It is noteworthy that this law was adopted during the period of colonial dependence and, after more than 40 years of independence, has not changed.
Protest moods in Zimbabwean society are escalating.
Sex toys are banned in Zimbabwe under a "entertainment censorship and control" law that considers them "obscene". Violation of this law can lead to imprisonment.
Thus, women began to form associations to restore justice, but their claims in the courts were not considered in the right way, although this law is not constitutional.
In their opinion, sex in the country is a means of satisfying men, while women are forbidden to have fun alone.
It is noteworthy that this law was adopted during the period of colonial dependence and, after more than 40 years of independence, has not changed.
Protest moods in Zimbabwean society are escalating.
