A Women’s Sex-Toy Company Is Suing the NYC Subway for Rejecting Its Ads

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The Brooklyn-based start-up claims the MTA is perpetuating a “ridiculous double standard” by rejecting its ads

A Dame ad. Photo: Dame Products A Brooklyn-based start-up that sells women’s sex toys is suing the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for rejecting advertisements that picture its products — a decision the company has deemed “sexist.”

In the preliminary statement of its lawsuit, Dame asks the reader to “imagine [they’re] a woman on the subway,” where sex-related ads are ubiquitous. “Look left, and you see phallic cactuses — both flaccid and erect — which promote erectile-dysfunction medication beneath the slogan ‘Hard made easy,’” the lawsuit reads. “Look right, and your eye catches an advertisement for ‘Kyng’-sized condoms, their foil packets shiny.

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Definitely a double standard. I see Glossier-esque ads about erectile dysfunction everyday but when it comes to women orgasming it’s “inappropriate” 🤦🏻‍♀️

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