Editing Sex toy (section)

===South Africa===
Section 18A of the [[Sexual Offences Act, 1957|Sexual Offenses Act, 1957]], inserted by the [[Immorality Amendment Act, 1969]], prohibited the manufacture or sale of any item "intended to be used to perform an unnatural sexual act". The term "unnatural sexual act" referred to any sex other than vaginal heterosexual sex, and this prohibition was ostensibly aimed at preventing the use of dildos by [[lesbian]]s.<ref>{{cite book |first1=Kevan |last1=Botha |first2=Edwin |last2=Cameron |author-link2=Edwin Cameron |editor1-first=Donald J. |editor1-last=West |editor2-first=Richard |editor2-last=Green |title=Sociolegal Control of Homosexuality: A Multi-Nation Comparison |url=https://archive.org/details/sociolegalcontro00west |url-access=limited |chapter=South Africa |year=1997 |publisher=Plenum Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0-306-45532-2 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/sociolegalcontro00west/page/n40 22]–23}}</ref> No longer enforced, the section was repealed by the [[Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act 32 of 2007 {{!}} South African Government |url=https://www.gov.za/documents/criminal-law-sexual-offences-and-related-matters-amendment-act |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=www.gov.za}}</ref>