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http://happyplaytime.com/
Enter HappyPlayTime, a mobile game that hopes to "rebrand the entire concept of female masturbation through education and light-hearted games." It has what is probably the cutest vag mascot ever—yes, I know that sounds absurd, but it does. :D
Friendly, neighborhood vags you'd think this was a joke. But it's not. They're completely serious about tackling the issue.
From the game's website:
Sexuality is one of the most basic instincts of human beings. Being comfortable with your own sexual pleasure is a prerequisite to both being able to healthily accept pleasure from others, and pleasing others. How can you exchange pleasure with someone else if you don't understand what your own body likes?(honga)
That's why masturbation, and learning how to masturbate is such a fundamental life lesson.repeat.
Unfortunately for many women, there has been a cultural stigma that blocks access to self-stimulation. HAPPYPLAYTIME is here to eliminate this barrier as much as possible. By talking openly and lightheartedly about female masturbation, we are taking the first step to becoming truly sexually liberated.( viva- la- vul)
Although the developers claim the lighthearted tone is intentional—they hope that by presenting female masturbation through something kind of comical, that they're doing their part to erase some of the taboo around discussing female masturbation. If people laugh at female sexuality, then the taboo is magically gone? Err. I guess it's a step above "denigration."
And c'mon. Look at this, which showcases some of the gameplay—what I assume to be segments of the game that teach you how to masturbate. I don't know.
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Here's game developer Anna Anthropy chiming on on the game:
there’s this unfortunate idea of “sex positivity†i encounter all the time that essentially just shames people for not having enough sex and pressures them into doing it more. making masturbation into a universal competition is going to achieve only that: people are going to get pressured into using their bodies in the ways that are arbitrarily defined as normative.
http://www.auntiepixelante.com/?p=2066
Another thing: not all women have vaginas. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_woman
This fact makes the game exclusionary. Still, it's obvious that the game is well-meaning and there are some issues worth trying to solve here. Schools do a shitty job of teaching anatomy and talking about women's sexuality is difficult.
I'm just not sure this specific game is the best approach for that stuff.
...but yez! shizzle, spygurlz can win this game :P
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