CES Revoked an Award for a Female Pleasure Device for Being 'Immoral'

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but they were to be given an award that was then revoked, correct? They weren't banned from the show floor, were they?

If so, then this isn't really the obvious double-standard the article makes it out to be unless the male sex products are winning awards without the "no sex products" rule being applied to them as well. If anything it seems in line with their push to have sexual things present but not featured.

A month later our excitement and preparations were cut short when we were unexpectedly informed that the administrators at CES and CTA were rescinding our award and subsequently that we would not be allowed to showcase Osé, or even exhibit at CES 2019.

Per their blog.

[1] https://loradicarlo.com/pages/cesgenderbias

wonder if abusing on the marketing material on purpose to be 'banned' is a marketing strategy nowadays. It surely got them a spot on HN after all!

There's no mention of any marketing material "abuse" in the article or CES's initial and revised statements. According to them, there simply wasn't a category for their product.

However, female sex toys have been demoed in the past at CES [0]... maybe just the award people are prudes? Have sex devices won awards there before?

0. https://www.geekwire.com/2017/ces-strict-rules-adult-content...

Thank god for these pioneers.

I'm surprised by CES's response - when did teledildonics become a moral issue?

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