MIAMI — A South Florida woman is outraged after she says her underage daughter was able to buy a sex toy in the Dolphin Mall, no questions asked. The mother, who asked not to be identified, says all parents need to know what Spencer Gifts has on display and is apparently selling to minors.
“I was shocked my daughter was able to buy something like this and more shocked at what I saw when I walked into the store,” she said. “I couldn’t believe what they are selling.” The outside of the Spencer Gifts store at the Dolphin Mall looks kid- and family-friendly. In the window, there is an advertisement for hats with Sesame Street characters and Sponge Bob Square Pants on them.
But inside the store, Local 10 discovered books with graphic, full-color pictures of a man and woman having intercourse, and a Local 10 hidden camera spotted several teens browsing in that part of the store. There are remote-controlled vibrating fantasy panties, love dolls and sex toys — none of which is behind a curtain or in a restricted area. Local 10 showed video taken in the store to a group of parents who often send their kids to the mall, “It’s appalling to me. It’s a very appealing store on the outside, especially to kids,” said Rhonda Tescher, a mother of three. All the parents Local 10 talked to said they had no idea Spencer Gifts sold these items.
“Totally inappropriate — totally inappropriate,” said parent Michael Stern. Could a minor actually buy this stuff? With his parents’ permission, Local 10 sent a 13-year-old boy with a hidden camera into Spencer Gifts in the Dolphin Mall. The 13-year-old was able to thumb through a book with graphic pictures and even buy it — no questions asked. The name of that book is “365 Sex Positions: A New Way Every Day For Steamy Erotic Year.”
This shocks and disgusts me…see the sordid video here!
Oh no what next? will her underage daughter be able to find violent first-person shooter video games at the mall
she my grow up wanting to steal cars or shoot people
yo mom the time for glitter and ponies is ending.
This stuff is out there teach the kids how to deal with it not try to hide it from them (because they will find it) oh and ALL teenagers want to find know more about sex, remember your own teenage hormones.
this mom was lucky it was she might find at a Spencer Gifts store and not the internet ( hear that thing is just a “Series of tubes”<Double entendre, Freudian you decide.
What… has this woman been living under a rock her entire life? Is she Amish? Hell, there’s lots of Amish around where I live. THEY know what Spencer’s is!
The young girl is probably having a fancy shin dig wedding this summer paid for by mummy
I am SHOCKED! I don’t know what’s worse, reading about CHILDREN buying marital aids (or should I say sex aids?) or these comments DEFENDING a sex shop. Somebody ought to go to that store with a hammer and bust all the windows out!
#18 Whatever, but only the ones from the US claim to be enlightened and rational and yet have a puritan mindset.
Don’t tell that mom the book (with preview) is on Amazon at http://amazon.com/dp/1569757194/ or that the word “fuck” is in the dictionary…
BTW, isn’t all porn “educational, artistic or scientific” in one way or another, a la “365 Virtual Sex Partners: A New Way Every Day For A Steamy Erotic Year”?
P.S. That Amazon preview includes the full “Positions Index” — on page 184 of the book you can find what the “Hokey Pokey” was really all about!
I’m appalled. I demand to see mores pics so I may be disgusted even further!
On another note, I’m glad McCullough and others have started to put the humor tag more often.
“Seriously, what is it that makes Americans (especially middle aged fat women) so damned puritanical about sex??”
If you’re gross then sex is gross.
And this is different from what that child has probably already seen online by accident in what way? Life continues because of sex. It’s a natural fact. How can people be such prudes? I hate this society. I’m moving to the moon. . . Seriously! Now where’s my suitcase with the pictures of the bananas on it? I need to get packing.
Please do go to another planet. Rid us of your moral stench. Rotten to the core. Maybe you can’t help it.
I have the feeling the “mother” is very familiar with sex, but obviously your aren’t since you think a sexually active woman is oblivious to the mechanics of the sex act. Duh. She just doesn’t want her kid to be exposed to a raunchy perspective that turns something great into trash!
Take Spencers and porno with you and watch the remains of your despicable soul, continue to deteriorate until all you have left is your empty, diseased shell of scabby carcass.
But you’re totally missing the point… Her daughter went in and bought it.. would you rather have her using vegetables or hot dogs… sounds like a recipe or infection… People do need to open up about sex.. I’m moving to the first planet we find more intelligent life on…. Maybe not the moon….
And now back to REAL NEWS…
All the “outraged” mothers in the clip look to be on drugs to me. Nothing colors the world better than Paxil widened eyes.
Suburban zombies, all of ‘em.
The quote:
“It’s a wakeup call for parents. It’s our job to be on top of what our kids are doing,” said parent Allyson Tomchin
Is hilarious. Talk about being an involved parent!
I think Spencer should be put out of business -
- unless they improve the durability of the sex toys.
Damn cheap chinese crap/
She was shocked, was she?
She is from Florida…
Our must fucked up state.
Nuff said!!!
I imagined many of you have NOT even enter a Spencer’s store before. The store has many sexy products, many satirical products, many gooffy products and many strange products. They are one of the best stores to shop for Holloween costumes.
They do not sell sex toys. When you use the term sex toys you think of dildo’s and what not. This is not what they sell. They sell goofy, funny, dorky looking things that are just “sexy.” That’s it. Go check out the store for yourself, I can almost guarantee you won’t find such items as you would in a sex shop. You can spend half a day in the store just laughing your butt off at the goofy stuff they have there.
As for the book itself, the pictures were blurred so I can’t make a judgment call. Again, I’m quite sure the positions illustrated are not done by completely naked couples. That’s what “sexy” and funny about most of their products. They give you a hint and leaves you laughing with a surprise.
Go in, have a great laugh in the store people. I don’t know how sensitive you guys are but since you’re here on DT, you should just fine.
Spencer’s has changed! Back in the 1980s when I was a kid, the only thing that was in the back was all the Marijuana posters and paraphernalia.
Lots of bob marley and black light things.
WTH?!? umm im 13 and we all fckin know about this stuff… I went to pick up deodorant at the drugstore the other day and as I was checking out I was looking at the candy at the checkout and saw a trojan condom display right next to it. DEAL WITH IT.
Um you all are obviously not seeing the point. The items are for adults 18+ dumb a$$es thats what parents are upset about. I can totally understand why she’s upset. Sure I knew what sex was by the age 8 but doesn’t mean it was right. Stop being F’en idiots. People like you make me want to back hand you. Ugh!!!!!
I think it is always better for your child to try something out, because it is always better for her/him to be using a sex toy then f****** one of there classmates. They can experiment, then when they’re ready for the real thing, then they will do it.
TOTALLY agree with this Mom. Went in to Spencers with my adult daughter last night to look at t-shirts, turned around and saw three little boys about 10 checking out the fake boobies and sex doll toy. Spencers used to be funny and a little on the edge when we were teenagers, now it’s just a sex shop in the mall. Totally should inact an age limit to go in there. On their website they say they cater to the 18-up crowd…so don’t let minors in. Problem solved. Spencers is GROSS.