All of these shops are the same shops one can find anywhere else in the world (their number is dwindling, actually, and they mostly inhabit only the more progressive countries as far as tolerance to new sexual mores are concerned.
As of last count, Germany and Netherlands may still have the brick and mortar versions of these stores as in Japan, and Australia. These days, the bulk of these stores are only found online and many younger fans never have an idea they were once located in city streets and corners.
A look-back
Aside from the march of progress where almost everything for sale is now in the Internet, these adult stores were mostly on real land before and were selling their goods straight to the people. However, religious groups and other moral crusaders harassed them almost to no end.
The big contention was that anything that relates to sex and not to the God-given mandate of procreation is a big sin and mostly the work of the devil. The participants of sexual acts without any intention of creating another human being are to be condemned and punished.
Changes in mores
It was good the mores and sensibilities of people had changed, although it took some time before people were enlightened. Gadgets and devices that are related to the sexual act of pleasuring (with or without a partner) were sold later to the people in stores and shops.
Adult shops these days are now doing excellent business, although most are now operating online doing business that deals with sex, sex gadgets, and sex accessories. These are all for the enhancement of the sexual experience.
Liberalization
With the advent of the digital age and digital technology took over most of the things in society (commerce, communications, entertainment), the attitude toward sex had become more liberalized, more scientific rather than prurient like in the old times.
Also, the sale of mechanized and other types of sexual aids and accessories have become relaxed and seen as progressive enough even among the older generation who were the last vestiges of the last age of repression.
To make matters easier, being discreet in the sales on these gadgets online are still practiced in order to make it non-blatant. Part of the reason that business online boomed is the discretion part. Anybody can be anonymous online if one decides so and none is the wiser than the patrons of sex toys.
However, old real sex stores with real sex merchandise in their shops and occupying spaces in streets and other corners in big cities still do their businesses briskly enough selling sex toys, gadgets, devices and other accessories. There is still no real difference between a real sex shop Australia and those found online.
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