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It wasn't long ago that vibrators and dildos had this sort of stigma attached to them as well. It's only been in recent years that women have been a lot more open about their sex toys.
That said, I am not sure that time will bring men's toys up to the same level. Growing up, there was always a stigma around boys (men) masturbating. It wasn't something guys talked about other than to make fun of another guy (at least the guys I hung out with... perhaps other guys were circle jerking with their buddies, but not me). As a result, male masturbation always had a bit of a stigma around it.
Also, I think there is something to idea that most male sex toys, until insertion toys like the Fleshlight came onto the market (no pun!), were solely novelty items. (Think: inflatible sex dolls... anyone who has ever tried one can tell you they suck... and not in the right way). As a result, male sex toys have yet to shake off the stigma of novelty.
Combine the issue of male masturbation with the novelty toy stigma and you have a recipe for comedy and shame (just think about the image that popped into your mind when I suggested in the paragraph above that I had actually used an inflatable sex doll and you will know what I am talking about).
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