{"id":35959,"date":"2019-02-16T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2019-02-16T16:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.niteflirt.com\/news\/?p=35959"},"modified":"2019-02-07T16:20:35","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T00:20:35","slug":"new-sex-toys-major-tech-award-revoked-by-sexist-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.niteflirt.com\/news\/new-sex-toys-major-tech-award-revoked-by-sexist-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"New Sex Toy&#8217;s Major Tech Award Revoked By Sexist Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 322px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/is-ces-afraid-of-sex-or-women-or-both-1831587518?utm_source=jezebel_facebook&amp;utm_medium=socialflow&amp;utm_campaign=socialflow_jezebel_facebook&amp;fbclid=IwAR0tGowa-sj19M7lhbD399FG6JezU6nFxGf6kADuADkdj0Xc6k9eq3sv7pc\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/s--PoEeSPE---\/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800\/l8sdbxpyk049z6ctvknt.jpg\" width=\"312\" height=\"175\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Gizmodo and Lora DiCarlo<\/p><\/div>\n<p>CES, the annual conference showcasing the cutting-edge in consumer tech, is being called out for blatant sexism after an impressive sex toy\u00a0had its award revoked\u00a0for being \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/is-ces-afraid-of-sex-or-women-or-both-1831587518?utm_source=jezebel_facebook&amp;utm_medium=socialflow&amp;utm_campaign=socialflow_jezebel_facebook&amp;fbclid=IwAR0tGowa-sj19M7lhbD399FG6JezU6nFxGf6kADuADkdj0Xc6k9eq3sv7pc\">immoral, obscene, indecent, profane or not in keeping with CTA\u2019s image<\/a>.\u201d The sex toy called Os\u00e9 is a hands-free, adaptable device that uses \u201cadvanced micro-robotics\u201d to create \u201call of the sensations of a human mouth, tongue, and fingers.\u201d Os\u00e9 was selected as a CES 2019 Innovation Awards Honoree in the Robotics and Drone category\u2014before administrators from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), the organization that puts on CES, rescinded the sex toy\u2019s award.<\/p>\n<p>Besides being \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/pa5ngn\/ces-revoked-an-award-for-lora-dicarlo-vibrator-female-pleasure-device-for-being-immoral\">immoral<\/a>,\u201d CTA president claimed that Os\u00e9 just wasn\u2019t eligible for the \u201cRobotics and Drone\u201d category. \u201cSeriously? 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