Graphic courtesy of Daily News

 

In yet another crackdown, police in Thailand recently apprehended an Indian man in possession of numerous illegal sex toys. This highlights the persistent demand for such items in Thailand, despite their legal status. The thriving underground market continues to supply these goods, exacerbating legal and safety concerns.

 

The debate over sex toys in Thailand is not new. Many argue that the country should legalise these products to ensure consumers' safety and regulate the market. Despite these calls, discussions often fade, leaving the issue unresolved and maintaining a vibrant but illegal market.

 

Academic analyses suggest legalisation as a solution. A study by Associate Professor Cherdpong Chantanasuwan of Hatyai University explores the benefits of regulation. The study reviews international examples where countries like Japan and the Czech Republic have legalised sex toys, citing reduced crime rates and increased tax revenue as potential benefits.

 

Currently, Thai law categorises sex toys as obscene and illegal. This classification not only limits safety oversight but also results in lost tax revenue. The illicit nature of the market presents opportunities for corruption and forces buyers to accept safety risks due to lack of regulation.

 

Professor Chantanasuwan’s research recommends removing sex toys from the list of obscene items under Thai law. Further suggestions include implementing age restrictions for buyers and ensuring product safety standards. These measures aim to create a safer market while generating additional state income through taxes.

 

Despite ongoing illegal trade, change requires legal reforms. The study outlines potential steps: distinguishing sex toys from obscene materials, state-regulated sales ensuring safety, and age limits for purchasers. Legalisation could decrease crime and boost tax income, yet little progress has been made towards these goals, according to The Daily News.

 

 

Key Takeaways

• Recent arrests highlight Thailand’s thriving illegal sex toy market.
• Legalisation could improve safety and increase state tax revenues.
• Proposed reforms face resistance, leaving the issue unresolved.
   

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  Adapted by ASEAN Now from Daily News 2025-12-22

 

 

 

" a vibrant.....market " . Webfact thats brilliant. 😂😂😂

Peg boys take note: your deviant behaviour is not welcome in Thailand.  Yet gay marriage is A-OK, so be sure you're getting pegged with the real deal as the Thai government does not accept substitutions. 

Which safety for these toys? Some are using more dangerous things as sextoys. Reform and legalize should be done. Most are used in the bedroom inside

5 hours ago, webfact said:

maintaining a vibrant but illegal market.

Vibrant, indeed!

15 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Which safety for these toys? Some are using more dangerous things as sextoys. Reform and legalize should be done. Most are used in the bedroom inside

That´s true. Inside....

They are massagers !!!

Well that's what it says on Lazada 🤣

Sex toys are extremely dangerous and if the authorities do not jump all over this there's a chance that the moral fabric of society could be torn asunder, and the people could be turned into perverts and maniacs. 

Educate me please. They often talk about “illegal sex toys”. One is not to be blamed for assuming that there must also be legal sex toys. Which are the legal sex toys then?

1 minute ago, AustinRacing said:

Educate me please. They often talk about “illegal sex toys”. One is not to be blamed for assuming that there must also be legal sex toys. Which are the legal sex toys then?

you find them in the bars, massage salons, in clubs, on the corner of the street 

Legalise them.

Stupid prudent law, no doubt introduced by Men, as I would say the majority of sex toys are used by women to my experience.......🚀......

15 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Which safety for these toys? Some are using more dangerous things as sextoys. Reform and legalize should be done. Most are used in the bedroom inside

The wooden phallus's that can be purchased are legal, but not the synthetic ones?

Better than underage pregnancies which you're trying to limit (but no sex education) - maybe with a "sex toy" the "urge" is satisfied!?

Sex aids been around for centuries just like prostituon 

Just legalise them collect the tax - win win for all 

Illegalize sex toys just two days before Christmas??

Oh the injustice!

 

I can hear Santa's "ho, ho, ho" replaced with "no, no, no"!

 

But seriously, enforcing national prohibitions based on shame is never a good look!

 

Obscene? What does that even mean?

Is "obscene" a feature of the toy or of the couple copulating on the beach, or ....wherever?

Even strait laced and restrictive Singapore has legalised sex shops where toys can be bought, and the country has not collapsed from immoral behaviour. 
 

Time to legalise and regulate. Laughable that girlie bars and cannabis shops are allowed to operate but dildoes are verboten!

Before the junta took over in the last coup sex toys were openly sold in the night market on Silom Road. This should be no big deal. 
Shouldn’t this be a protected job for Thai people only ? 

16 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Which safety for these toys? Some are using more dangerous things as sextoys. Reform and legalize should be done. Most are used in the bedroom inside

inside where ???????

Outlawing sex toys ranks right up there with outlawing cannabis in terms of pure stupidity, and utter futility. 

 

And it really demonstrates how feckless the government is and the fact that they have nothing better to do. 

22 hours ago, webfact said:

Thai law categorises sex toys as obscene and illegal

It's ridiculous!  They might as well ban these as well, cause they are being used by housewives, the length and breadth of the country for such an activity.

22 hours ago, webfact said:

Despite these calls, discussions often fade, leaving the issue unresolved and maintaining a vibrant but illegal market.

 

this is because,, after all their arguments to make the toys legal.. people give up and get their sex toys on the streets. The laws are not really enforced and sex toys are readily available to anyone from street vendors. 

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

The wooden phallus's that can be purchased are legal, but not the synthetic ones?

Here's one of the smaller ones!!!!  🙂

If this is the only problem left for Thailand ...............   W E L L   D O N E!

What a joke! 

3 hours ago, AustinRacing said:

Educate me please. They often talk about “illegal sex toys”. One is not to be blamed for assuming that there must also be legal sex toys. Which are the legal sex toys then?

ME! I’m the only legal "sex toy" - and I’ve over 70 years experience to endorse my standing. C' mon girls (and boys if I’m sufficiently inebriated… 😜) , only the real thing will do, accept no substitutes ! 

1 hour ago, hughrection said:

It's ridiculous!  They might as well ban these as well, cause they are being used by housewives, the length and breadth of the country for such an activity.

No Som tam is complete without one of those "treated" ingredients….

19 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Which safety for these toys? Some are using more dangerous things as sextoys. Reform and legalize should be done. Most are used in the bedroom inside

Opposed by the purple eggplant growers association.

Well if folk can’t buy new, maybe the ‘pre-loved’ market will boom.

5 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Sex toys are extremely dangerous and if the authorities do not jump all over this there's a chance that the moral fabric of society could be torn asunder, and the people could be turned into perverts and maniacs. 

Your quote," could be turned into perverts" There has been perverts and maniacs before and after the pyramids were built? So what's your problem?

23 hours ago, flaming dragon said:

Peg boys take note: your deviant behaviour is not welcome in Thailand.  Yet gay marriage is A-OK, so be sure you're getting pegged with the real deal as the Thai government does not accept substitutions. 

"deviant behaviour is not welcome in Thailand.  Yet gay marriage is A-OK" So, are you saying Same Sex Marriage is a Deviant act ?

1 minute ago, Matthew2027 said:

"deviant behaviour is not welcome in Thailand.  Yet gay marriage is A-OK" So, are you saying Same Sex Marriage is a Deviant act ?

 

Of course it is. No ambiguity there my friend.  Time for the freaks to go back into the closet.