Jan 09, 2019 10:21:00

An adult toy maker for women won an award at the world's largest consumer electronics trade show

Lora DiCarlo, an adult toy maker for women, received the Innovation Awards, an award for robotics and drone category, at

CES 2019, which began on January 8, 2019 . However, the organizers of CES believe that it is inappropriate for women's adult toy makers to receive awards, and this is the topic of discussion.

A women's sex toy won an award from CES, until they stole it back-The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/20/19/81/18173954/ces-lora-dicarlo-sex-toy-award-revoked

Lora Hadlod, founder of Lora DiCarlo, opened a page titled “We won the Innovation Awards for CES Robotics Division. But they stripped it” on their official site, and a series of I have summarized the flow.

Our Sex Toy Won a CES Robotics Innovation Award, then they took it back – Lora DiCarlo
https://loradicarlo.com/pages/cesgenderbias

According to Haddock, Lora DiCarlo's first product ' Osé Robotic Massager ' has received an honorary award in the robotics drone category at the CES Innovation Awards. The Innovation Awards honors award is that an independent panel that ranks the candidate products scores a score, and any product that gets a high enough score can receive an award .

However, despite Osa's Robotic Massager earning a high enough score and receiving an honorary award, 'The Lora DiCarlo does not comply with the rules of CES' from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), which is the owner of CES. And was deprived of the prize. In addition, CTA cried out the rule that 'it is immoral, obscene, indecent, profane, or the product which does not correspond to the image of CTA will be disqualified', and it is thought that it has disapproved Osé Robotic Massager's award.

In response to this move, overseas media The Verge pointed out that 'CES has long disqualified products every time a product representing a woman has won an award.' In the past, CES has banned women's companions at the exhibit booths, and has not introduced female keynote speakers in the last two years, and has continued to respond in a way that may be taken as sexual discrimination. As a result, it is reported that the ratio of women among the participants of CES 2018 was only about one-fifth , and Mashable stated that “CES still spurs sexism, so last year Many people have changed. '

The Verge points out that 'If Lora DiCarlo won the prize at CES, it would have been a great help,' pointing out that the company was founded by women and has been mostly run by women.

Sarah Brown, a CTA spokesman, explained that the reason for the removal of the award is 'Lora DiCarlo can not win the Innovation Awards program because the product does not fit into any of our existing product categories.' You TechCrunch has asked the CTA side, 'Why is it allowed to display products from adult toy manufacturers?', But no response has been obtained.

Adult toys are regularly displayed at CES, and in 2016, toys imitating oral sex and various adult toys will appear in 2017. In addition to that, the CES Innovation Awards seem to be meaningless, as most exhibitors seem to have won more than one Innovation Awards when walking around the CES venue, The Verge said. Furthermore, if the CTA supervises the distribution of awards substantially, as in this case, it seems that it is no longer necessary to be obsessed with the awards.

It should be noted that the CTA, which has been the subject of criticism, is worth $ 10 million (approximately ¥ 1 billion) for “women, colored people and other undervalued startups and entrepreneurs” on January 9, 2019. ) We have established a large-scale venture fund.