Sorry, nipples. It’s time to pack up. By Lyra HaleMay 17th, 2021, 2:47 pm eBay is taking a page right out of the Tumblr handbook and enacting a ban on most adult or explicit content on its site. As first noticed by Adult Video News, the notice was sent out today to sellers in its “Adult Only” section, with the ban coming into effect on June 15, 2021. “We have revised our Adult Items policy,” the notice reads, according to AVN. “Starting June 15, 2021, items showing sexual activity, sexual content or sexually suggestive poses will no longer be allowed on eBay.com.” And reading through the ebay policies on this adult content ban, the language is a bit confusing and pretty PG. Among the restrictions on listings under the new policy are “items that contain sexual material” and “items with sexual content, including showing provocative sexual poses, genitalia, or sexual activity.” The policy also polices the bodies of women with a note on “female breasts where the areola or nipple is visible.” It begs the question, again, as to why women’s bodies are seen as inherently sexual when our nipples are shown but not sexual when that of a man’s…
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Ebay Is Pulling a Tumblr by Banning Adult Content
