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 | Since 1987 I have spent at least some part of every day of my life thinking about sex toys. That was the year I got my first job at a sex store, and since then I've done just about every job there is to do in the sex toy industry. I love sex toys and even tie certain product names and packaging to different emotional and developmental times of my life. In the same way that hearing The Doors makes me think of the homophobic hell of summer camp and the uncomfortable erotic thrill I got reading my first true crime book, seeing an old school bottle of Emotion Lotion takes me back to the first time a customer tried to pick me up, or the hours I spent with a price gun and blow up dolls in a warehouse. I mention this because my early encounters with sex toys, a love affair that has never ended, means that I'm especially sensitive to change. And change, in the sex toy industry, is afoot. ~ Cory | |
Sex Toy or Sexual Health Device: The Re-branding of Sex Toys
Sex toys are being re-branded as sexual health devices, just one more accessory churned out by the consumer packaged goods industry and presented by the medical establishment as important for healthy relationships. The shift has just begun, which makes this an ideal time to ask what this means for us, and whether having sex toys on the shelves of mainstream retailers will benefit consumers.
| Sex Toy Quiz
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| Vibrator Use Statistics
Knowledge (along with maybe a little cynicism) is perhaps the best protection against the barrage of marketing that will be coming our way in the future of sex toys. Unfortunately most of what we know about vibrator use comes from companies that make vibrators. That's where the cynicism comes in handy.
| The Sex Shop Experience
If the idea of dropping a vibrator into your shopping cart right next to the toothpaste and hair gel doesn't excite you, here are some tips on how to find a good sex store near you.
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