All that matters is “his” pleasure…

PC Magazine wanted to let everyone know how “RealTouch” is bringing military families together by providing virtual conjugal visits. The idea is that the stateside military spouse would stimulate a rod, okay a phallus, hooked to a computer that would transmit the stimulation to a tube that the servicemember overseas would be able to stick his member into and receive said stimulation.

Now there are a couple problems with this:

1) Privacy. Most servicemembers do not have that much privacy overseas. I know the Navy certainly doesn’t.

And perhaps more importantly:

2) Sexism:

PC Magazine tried to overcome the sexist idea here by saying:

But Rinaldo sees a genuine social benefit in his tech, so he said he’s trying to get in touch with the U.S. military to have RealTouch approved as a method for a sort of virtual conjugal visit. (Presumably, female soldiers could operate the rod while deployed and send the main unit home.)

Clearly, they (and the makers of RealTouch) don’t understand that women have sexual needs to and that deployment is every bit as hard for a woman as it is for a man in this regard. In RealTouch’s mind, only males need sexual gratification and women are simply there to service male sexual needs. Female sexual gratification just isn’t an important component of a “conjugal visit.” It’s nice to know that Americans think military spouses are worth nothing more than providing sex to soldiers.

Furthermore, neither RealTouch nor PC Magazine understand that this doesn’t really help gay couples, unless gay spouses/partners are male and have 2 units. Lesbian couples are just SOL, but then…their women, they don’t need sexual release…right??

My friend just made a good point…Even if you are fine with this, what happens if the internet goes out mid-session?
As most of us know, we’re lucky if we get to see our spouses on skype, even luckier if we get to have a conversation that doesn’t come through completely garbled, lucky if we get email. I can’t imagine it would be more important to try to get him off overseas than actually see my spouse and try to have a real conversation with him. But, I guess I forgot women are nothing more than sex objects designed to service men’s sexual needs. Love. Marriage. Mutual communication and respect. These are not important needs in RealTouch’s mind.

There are so many real needs servicemembers have overseas, like baby wipes, which often substitute for a bath, razors for shaving, warm hats (in approved colors), coffee, deodorant, toothpaste, etc. If RealTouch or PC Magazine want to help our men and women overseas, I suggest they start by addressing real needs first, rather than reinforcing 19th century ideas about men and women’s sexual needs and desires.

I am more than disgusted. Unfortunately, there aren’t words for how disgusted I am right now.

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