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Manila- from www.gulfnews.com – A measure in the Philippine Congress aims to outlaw the sale of so-called “sex toys” as a lawmaker expressed alarm over the increasing boldness of merchants selling such devices.

Representatives Irwin Tieng and Mariano Michael Velarde [pictured] of the partylist Buhay (Life) said the open sale in the street side stalls of the previously-taboo sexual stimulation device is an affront to local sensibilities and contribute to an atmosphere that opens the door to committing sexually-related offenses.

Over the last two years, street vendors in Metro Manila, as well as the more sophisticated internet merchants have been openly hawking sexual stimulation devices.

“The proliferation of these obscene devices which are insensitively and openly displayed in shops or stalls is very alarming,” Tieng said.

Tieng and Velarde introduced House Bill 4509 which aims to outlaw the sale of such devices.

According to Tieng, the public, especially minors who are being exposed to these obscenities, may suffer disturbing effects and could trigger sexually impure ideas and acts that give room to sex related offenses.

Velarde, for his part, said House Bill 4509 aims to “penalize the distribution, possession with intent to distribute and production of any obscene device designed or marketed as useful primarily for the physical stimulation of human genital organs for anything of pecuniary value in order to protect the morals of the society.”

“This is also in keeping with the policy of the State to value the dignity of every human person and to promote and safeguard its integrity and the moral, spiritual and social being of its citizenry from the pernicious effects of obscene devices,” Velarde stressed.

Once the measure is passed into law a person can be criminally liable if he is engaged in the distribution, sale, and production of such devices.

“A device not otherwise obscene may be obscene under the measure if the distribution of the device, the offer to do so, or the possession with the intent to do so, or production, the offer or agreement to do so, is a commercial exploitation of erotica solely for the sake of their prurient appeal,” Velarde said.

The measure proposed a fine of P30,000 (Dh700) for violators.