The Georgia O’Keefe Mouse
While wandering through the tech section of that great newspaper we call the internet, I saw a device which I think will change the world. It’s called the G-point mouse, and it is designed to look like a vagina.
Undoubtedly, there will be a lot of jokes about this and some people will say it is a terrible business decision – they will point to the Ford Edsel as an example – but I think they are wrong.
Unlike the Edsel, a mouse sells for a very small amount of money. I predict that this will become a popular joke gift. Some very accommodating girlfriends will buy it for their boyfriends and some very brave boyfriends will buy it for their girlfriends. Everybody who has one will show it to their friends, because it’s a great conversation starter and not quite as socially stigmatizing as owning a blow-up sex doll, after all.
But that’s not how it will change the world. As a product, it’s just one in a long, long line of titillating novelties which are steadily pushing our society beyond the shock point and into “eh, whatever” mode.
There are two sociological results I expect to see from this.
One, it will actually serve as a training device for some inept males. Just as the Karate Kid learned martial arts from waxing Mr. Miyagi’s car, so many a computer geek will get hands-on (pun intended) experience in how to please a woman. It’s knowledge which may come in handy for them some day.
But more importantly, it is a positive image of the human vagina. It may be a dirty joke for awhile, but these little pieces of plastic will be prominently displayed and regularly used. To some extent, that means it’s appearance will become irrelevant, and it will no more remind people of a vagina than a flashlight reminds people of a penis. But in another sense, it is using the shape of vagina as a work of art, a beautiful thing which we should all appreciate.
If it is popular, the idea will be copied by makers of other products: TV remote controls, light switches, etc…
This invention has the power to reshape our attitudes, to help mold a future mentality in which the vagina gets the position of respect and, yes, adoration that it deserves. That is, IMHO, a change for the better.
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