Female-led sex toy startup Lora DiCarlo is accusing the Consumer Electronics Show of sexism, after organisers revoked an innovation award from its hands-free robotic massager, then banned the product for being "immoral".
The product under the spotlight is the Osé massager, which claims to be the world's first hands-free product designed for "blended" orgasms ? a combined clitoral and g-spot (vaginal) orgasm.
Through the use of advanced micro-robotic technology, the massager imitates the movements and sensations of a human partner, in a bid to avoid "buzzing, desensitising" vibrations.
Organisers initially praised the sex toy
According to Lora DiCarlo, Osé was granted a CES 2019 Innovation Award in robotics by a panel of independent expert judges for its cutting-edge technology. The honour was short-lived however. A month later the almost entirely female team of engineers were informed that the administrators at CES and the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) ? the show's owner and producer ? were revoking the award.
The product in question is the Osé massager, which claims to be the world's first hands-free product for "blended" orgasms
Lora DiCarlo was also told that it would not be allowed to exhibit its biomimicry-inspired massager at CES 2019, as the company detailed in a statement written in response.
When this decision was questioned by Lora DiCarlo, CTA replied that entries "deemed by CTA in their sole discretion t...