Tired of what she says is oppression, woman in Zimbabwe challenges a law banning sex toys
Sitabile Dewa was content with her sex life when she was married, but after her divorce, she found her prospects for erotic pleasure rather bleak. 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. The problem is sex toys are against the law in Zimbabwe. “I should not be deprived of self-exploration and indulgence in self-gratification,” said Dewa, 35. Part of Zimbabwe’s “censorship and entertainments control” law makes the importation or possession of sex toys illegal