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Yaoi Paddle
A yaoi paddle is a wooden spanking paddle emblazoned with the word ", a term for a genre of male-male romance media originating in Japan. The paddles are a novelty item that were sold primarily at Western anime conventions in the 2000s, where they were used by attendees as props for cosplay and photo ops. Others used the paddles to spank cosplayers and attendees, sometimes non-consensually; by the early 2010s, their possession and sale had been banned by most conventions due to their misuse for harassment and as weapons. In 2022, a crowdfunding campaign to re-manufacture and distribute yaoi paddles was the subject of an intellectual property dispute. Description and history Yaoi paddles were first manufactured in the mid-2000s by Hen Da Ne, a vendor selling hentai and (self-published pornographic manga) at western anime conventions. The paddles were sold at conventions by the vendor and online by Yaoi-Manga.com, a imprint of Digital Manga Publishing. By 2005 the companies we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Yaoi Paddle (cropped)
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
