Introducing the Orgasmatron 3000.
After being invited to take part in a design exhibition on the theme of a Bordello, [artist] Dominic Wilcox came up with his own take on the subject.This Leather clad washing machine and saddle aims bring the fun back to housework. This product is made to order, info above.
I know it's meant as art and not for sale on the floor at the Sears appliance center, but the Orgasmatron is interesting nevertheless. Is it meant for men to buy for their wives when they want to send a message that women should take pleasure in housework? Or is this a good personal investment because it means you'll be happy to do your laundry on a regular basis?
Put another way: Is this a tool of the patriarchy, or does it simply mean clean jeans with a few orgasms on top? Discuss.
And check out the controls on this sweet baby, below the fold.
Via the lovely ladies of Unibloggal.
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Well, I can see why this may make a woman want to run the washing machine, but would you actually have to put anything in it to do so?
Reminds me of a line from Dan Fielding of Night Court about having made an adjustment to the agitator on his washer.
Reminds me of ads for sex machines "Sex at 150 RPM"
Thanks for that :)
Well, as a single woman whose non-existent husband wouldn't do the laundry anyway, I'm in favor of this device :)
I've never tried it, but doesn't a washing machine get the job done anyway? So why not make it obvious?
And just think of how easy it would be to sell in Texas!
Washing machines work and the leather contraption makes it too complicated.
It looks dreadfully uncomfortable...look at those sharp corners! If you slip off you're liable to get cut.
I think it may be an artistic comentary on the fact that the kinds of women (heterosexual married) who are trapped into the position of being household slaves may not be getting the most out of their marriage in other ways. That is, "wives" (if you'll pardon the derogatory term) may indeed need such a device as this until they are equalized as partners in the relationship.
Seems to me the artist is riffing on the old (sexist) joke about the bored, unsatisfied housewife getting her jollies by leaning on the washing machine (for example, there's a reference to it in National Lampoon's Vacation). What the message becomes when you add a saddle (functionally useless, since nobody's legs bend outwards 90 degrees from the thigh), paint "ooh!" on it, and present it as part of a bordello-themed design expo, I wouldn't be able to say. However, I'm fairly confident it has its origins in a stupid bad joke that seems to be disappearing, thanks to the mainstreaming of vibrators (offer not valid in Texas).