Sex shop

A sex shop is a shop that sells products such as sex toys, pornography, erotic lingerie, erotic books, and safer sex products such as condoms and dental dams. The terms "Adult Video Store" and "Adult Book Store" are commonly used to refer to sex shops that sell or rent pornographic videos, books, and magazines.

In most jurisdictions, sex shops are regulated by law, with access not permitted to minors, in most countries/states, one must be 18 or up to get in. In case of doubt, on entering a sex shop, one may have to present a valid ID. Some states/countries don't tolerate sex shops at all, eg. many Islamic states and Texas and Alabama.

In some jurisdictions that permit it, they often also show pornographic movies in private booths, or have private striptease or peep shows.

See also: Sex industry, Sex tourism#Sex shops.