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                                                              Yee also sells sex toys at her hotel. Customers can or-
                                                           der sex toys during room reservation and the toys will be
                                                           placed inside their rooms in advance. Among different
                                                           types of sex toys she sells, disposable sex toys are the most
                                                           popular.
                                                              “Customers do not dare to bring sex toys home. Even
                                                           if they have purchased non-disposable ones, they would
                                                           rather throw them away after using them than bring them
                                                           home,” she says. She adds that disposable sex toys offer
                                                           trouble-free and affordable sexual pleasure to sexcationers.
                                                              Sonia Wong Yuk-ying, lecturer of Gender Studies Pro-
                                                           gramme at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, says as
                                                           sexcation becomes more common, people finally have a
                                                           place to fulfil their natural needs.
                                                              “Sex is supposed to be something happy, why do people
                                                           have to act like drug smugglers when they go on sexca-
                                                           tion?” she adds. Wong especially appreciates the contact-
                                                           less check-in service offered by some hourly hotels. “It is a
                                                           nice gesture to destigmatise sexcation. People can just go
                                                           there to relax and be in control of their privacy,” she says.
                                                              Wong points out that the need for sex and intimate
                                                           space is always there, but the rise of sexcation sharing pag-
                                                           es on social media has brought it to light.
                                                              “Being potent and sexually desired is great in our soci-
                                                           ety. But at the same time, sex is still considered something
            A disposable sex toy sold in their hotel.
          (Photo courtesy of No.7 Fortress Hill Hotel)     shameful to talk about,” she adds.

                                                              *Names changed at interviewees’ request

                                                                               Edited by Agnes Lam
                                                                               Edited by Agnes Lam
                                                                       Sub-edited by Bonita Wong
                                                                       Sub-edited by Bonita W            ong







                                                                    Sex is supposed to be

                                                                   something happy, why

                                                                do people have to act like

                                                                    drug smugglers when

                                                                    they go on sexcation?





                 Hotel rooms are locked by automatic digital
                                 locks.
                    (Photo courtesy of Mansion G Hotel)
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