Tired of what she says is oppression, woman in Zimbabwe challenges a law banning sex toys
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In socially conservative Zimbabwe, divorced women and single mothers are often cast as undesirable partners for men, and in her frustration Dewa decided she wanted to use sex toys. Part of Zimbabwe's "censorship and entertainments control" law makes the importation or possession of sex toys illegal as they are deemed “indecent” or “obscene” and harmful to public morals. The thing that appears to rile authorities the most on the sex toy issue is the sidelining of men, said Debra Mwase, a programs manager with Katswe Sistahood, a Zimbabwean group lobbying for women's rights. Dewa's campaign for access to sex toys falls into the bigger picture in Zimbabwe of women being “tired of oppression," and is clearly forward-thinking, she said.
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A law that bans sex toys as obscene and morally harmful is being challenged by women in Zimbabwe
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