The ISO 3533 standard defines the safety requirements for sex toys.
History[edit]
The standard stems from efforts from the Swedish standards agency SIS to introduce a quality norm for sex toys after studies showed an increase of cases in Swedish emergency rooms of rectal foreign bodies, caused by badly designed sex toys.[1] The Swedish proposal was consequentially adopted by ANSI,[2] who then released a RfC for stakeholders in the sex toy industry. The discussion resulted in 2021 in a first release of the norm, as ISO 3533:2021.
Requirements (non-exhaustive list)[edit]
Among the requirements this norm imposes on manufacturers:[3]
- Equipment like buttplugs or anal beads that may enter the anus and rectum have to be designed in such a way that they will not get stuck, and that easy extraction by medical personnel should be feasible.
- toys such as chastity belts, cock rings and bondage cuffs must be easily removable in the case of emergency or loss of keys with common household tools such as pliers.
- toys that may enter bodily orifices should be free of burrs or sharp edges that might cause cuts.
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References[edit]
- ^ Dahlberg, Martin; Nordberg, Martin; Pieniowski, Emil; Boström, Lennart; Sandblom, Gabriel; Hallqvist-Everhov, Åsa (2019). "Retained sex toys: An increasing and possibly preventable medical condition". International Journal of Colorectal Disease. 34 (1): 181–183. doi:10.1007/s00384-018-3125-4. PMC 6318238. PMID 30030606.
- ^ "ANSI Seeks Comments on Proposed New ISO Standard on Design and Safety of Sex Toys". Archived from the original on 2021-10-09. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
- ^ "Finally, Dildos are Getting Safety Standards". vice.com. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-30.