{{Short description|Safety standard for sex toys}} [[File:スライブ マッサージャー (35767153806).jpg|thumb|Besides ISO 3533, toys need to be compliant to the IEC 60335 standard for household appliances]] The '''ISO 3533''' standard defines the safety requirements for sex toys.
== History == The standard stems from efforts from the Swedish standards agency SIS to introduce a quality norm for sex toys after studies showed an increase of cases in Swedish emergency rooms of rectal foreign bodies, caused by badly designed sex toys.<ref>{{cite journal | year = 2019| last1 = Dahlberg| first1 = Martin| last2 = Nordberg| first2 = Martin| last3 = Pieniowski| first3 = Emil| last4 = Boström| first4 = Lennart| last5 = Sandblom| first5 = Gabriel| last6 = Hallqvist-Everhov| first6 = Åsa| journal = International Journal of Colorectal Disease| volume = 34| issue = 1| pages = 181–183| pmid = 30030606| pmc = 6318238| doi = 10.1007/s00384-018-3125-4| title = Retained sex toys: An increasing and possibly preventable medical condition}}</ref> The Swedish proposal was consequentially adopted by ANSI,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ansi.org/news/standards-news/all-news/2019/05/ansi-seeks-comments-on-proposed-new-iso-standard-on-design-and-safety-of-sex-toys-22|title=ANSI Seeks Comments on Proposed New ISO Standard on Design and Safety of Sex Toys|access-date=2021-12-30|archive-date=2021-10-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009200024/https://www.ansi.org/news/standards-news/all-news/2019/05/ansi-seeks-comments-on-proposed-new-iso-standard-on-design-and-safety-of-sex-toys-22|url-status=dead}}</ref> who then released a RfC for stakeholders in the sex toy industry. The discussion resulted in 2021 in a first release of the norm, as ISO 3533:2021.
== Requirements (non-exhaustive list) == Among the requirements this norm imposes on manufacturers:<ref name="vice">{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/sex-toy-safety-standards-iso/|website=vice.com|title=Finally, Dildos are Getting Safety Standards|date=6 October 2021|access-date=2021-12-30|archive-date=2024-10-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241012044934/https://www.vice.com/en/article/sex-toy-safety-standards-iso/|url-status=live}}</ref> * Equipment like buttplugs or anal beads that may enter the anus and rectum have to be designed in such a way that they will not get stuck, and that easy extraction by medical personnel should be feasible. * Toys such as chastity belts, cock rings and bondage cuffs must be easily removable in the case of emergency or loss of keys with common household tools such as pliers. * Toys that may enter bodily orifices should be free of burrs or sharp edges that might cause cuts.
== Related == * List of International Organization for Standardization standards
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *{{cite web|url=https://www.iso.org/standard/79631.html|title=ISO - ISO 3533:2021 - Sex toys — Design and safety requirements for products in direct contact with genitalia, the anus, or both|website=iso.org|access-date=2021-12-30}}
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