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Samsung says it was wrong to have asked the CEO of Lioness, a smart sex toy company, to hide her product at a women’s tech event it was co-hosting. But Lioness’ CEO says the apology doesn’t go far enough, and it doesn’t signal to her that Samsung will actually make changes to be more inclusive.
At the event last Thursday, a senior director at Samsung requested that Lioness CEO and co-founder Liz Klinger remove her product, the Lioness Vibrator, from display. Klinger had been invited to the event, approved to attend, and already set up her booth on the show floor.
The show was supposed to have a focus on women’s health. “Samsung’s okay with women’s health when it’s about fertility and when it’s about making babies, but they don’t seem to…