Hey fellas, want to impress the ladies every time you ride down the street? Want to let everyone know that you’ve got a sizeable manhood and you’re definitely getting some? Then the Bitchcruiser is for you! Fashioned from an old bike and a budget-range rubber sex doll, this little beauty is guaranteed to draw admiring glances each and every time you ride ‘her’. (And it sure makes sitting in traffic more fun when you’ve got your man-bits pressed up against a plastic ass.*) What’s more, the Bitchcruiser is fully customisable: leave her bald and naked, or dress her up in a little stripper outfit and wig; perhaps clothe her in a modest frock on Sundays – the choice is yours! But hurry – the ebay auction for the Bitchcruiser (currently a mere snip at $2, 336.04 and with no takers) ends in two days, so get bidding! (Thanks to AC for bringing the lovely Bitchcruiser to our attention.)
* One presumes.
That literally made me gasp with horror.
This is a case that demands action and not just responses of disgust or horror. I checked the site and it is ebay Germany. The entire ad is actually in German. I know that ebay America, at least, has withdrawn auctions that are selling ‘inappropriate’ items. I am not sure if ebay Germany has the same policies. However, a letter of protest to ebay Germany is certainly in order.
Agreed Calypso! One can go to the bottom of the page the ad is on. There you can click of “report this item.” Next click on “site issues” and you can continue on through to get a form on which you can write a note.
Please complain!!
I’ve got nothing against folks writing complaints to e-bay. If you want to, go right ahead! But I have to say that, for me, this one would go pretty well down at the bottom of my list of Really Pressing Things to Write a Letter About (after all the actual violence, poverty, etc being ignored). My view might be different if the thing was being mass-marketed, etc. But as it is, it’s not a big cultural influence. As far as I’m concerned, Monkey’s mockery suffices. But I know this is precisely the sort of thing on which reasonable feminists can disagree, so please don’t take my disagreement as anything more than that.
Jender, I agree that on the “bad effects” scale, this scores much lower than many other things. Still, on the offensiveness scale it is way up there. Also, the effect of letters would presumably be on policy and not just the specific case, though who knows for sure.
I have to say, I’m with Jender on this one. I think it’s a pretty amusing example of poor quality kitsch. I don’t mind if one guy wants to sell his ridiculous creation on ebay (I’m even more amused to see that when I checked it yesterday, there were no bids). As Jender points out, if a company started mass-marketing these, I think that would be a different matter. But anyway, there’s my tuppence.
Maybe the guy does want to mass market these, and is banking on the controversy = advetisement factor, like Marilyn manson when he offends the Christian right.
I agree with Monkey and Jender.
Hey, let’s face it, this is an excellent example of what most men would like to have us gals do. There may be no bids but I bet most men have their tongues (no pun intended) hanging out. It is in their mind all the time. I am glad to see this poignant reminder of what men are really all about. Disgusting yes. I’ve had enough men to know. :) Straight lady here telling it like it is.