Good Vibrations

A conservative Thai political party is seeking to woo voters ahead of this month's general election with a pledge to legalize sex toys, pointing to the fiscal -- and frisky -- benefits.
Despite its reputation for being one of Southeast Asia's most sexually liberated countries, Buddhist-majority Thailand remains conservative and vibrators, dildos and other intimate devices are illegal.
The royalist Democrat Party has been a major player in Thai politics since the 1940s but it flopped in the 2019 election and is sagging in the polls for the May 14 vote.
"Sex toys are useful because they could lead to a decrease in prostitution as well as divorce due to a mismatch of sexual libido, and sex-related crimes," party representative Ratchada Thanadirek said in a statement.
Good vibrations: Thai party makes sex toy election pledge