The Olympics' Cardboard 'Anti-Sex' Beds Are Back For The Paris Games

I don't know a lot about the French, but I know two things they love: Jerry Lewis and love.

Maybe not even in that order.

In all honesty, I'm basing their love of love on Pepé Le Pew cartoons, a rodent whose horn-doggedness toed the line of decency. I mean the guy was practically frothing at the mouth… although he is a skunk so that could have just been rabies.

Given France and particularly Paris' history of love, I'm surprised that the Olympics has once again trotted out the "anti-sex" beds. Seems to go against the culture.

If that really is their intended purpose. People are already pointing out a flaw in their design that appears to have remained from when they were introduced in Tokyo in 2021.

These twin-sized, cardboard-framed beds were designed in the name of sustainability, but there were rumors that they were designed to only hold one person in a bid to curb the rampant love-making that, according to The New York Post, is alleged to have plagued previous Games.

Although, as people were quick to point out, since when do twin beds prevent people from getting it on?

That's true. Does anyone think two athletes fresh off of winning medals and ready to take things from a "cool" day to a "very cool" day are going to passionately fling open the door to their room only to stop in their tracks when they see a twin bed?

"I can't wait to get in there and-- Oh… well, then I, uh… I guess I'll see you in the cafeteria in the morning… yes, the crepe station is great."

Not a chance.

There's no chance this stops horned-up athletes from getting busy. (Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

So then is the weight limit supposed to be the deterrent? These can reportedly hold 440 pounds and a gymnast decided to jump on one at the last Olympics, and it held up fine. And even if the bed did collapse like a Three Stooges bunk bed, there's now a mattress on the floor. 

That's not going to stop a couple of hot-and-bothered athletes from getting down to business.

I'm personally a little skeptical of the beds being designed to thwart athletes from having sex, but the Olympics can sometimes be home to weird decisions, like these games opening with a multi-hour, slow-moving boat parade.