From Victorian times - when vibrators were invented to treat “female hysteria" -
to "Sex and the City" times - when Charlotte discovered The Rabbit - generations
of women have used vibrators to go from no-go to the Big O. But today’s sex toys are more innovative than ever and not just for women.
Brands like Trojan now sell their line of vibrators alongside condoms at your local drugstore. And sex shops report being inundated by shoppers who have read the erotic novel “50 Shades of Grey” and
now want to spice things up in their own bedrooms.
In the past decade, vibrator use has become a lot less taboo among women, and there has been an explosion of new toy designs for the discerning lady looking to engage in self-pleasuring. Yet for the most part, that same variety of product has not existed for men.
Yet slowly but surely toy designers are acknowledging the fact that vibrators and the like don’t have to be relegated to solo use; for adventurous and open-minded couples, they can be invaluable tools for reigniting intimacy, and
for achieving even more pleasurable sex.
“For both women and men vibrator use is linked with
more positive sexual function, such as greater desire, arousal, and easier orgasms,” says Debby Herbenick, Ph.D., a research scientist at Indiana
University and the author of “Sex Made Easy.”
“It's also something that most women and men in the U.S. feel positively about - there really isn't the same stigma that, decades ago, people may have
associated with sex toy use.”
Because of this shift in perception, Herbenick reports, most women in the U.S. - and nearly half of all men - have used vibrators. And while there are
many who are still shy about purchasing a sex toy from their local drugstore or other retail chain, it’s easy to order these products online, or to take
advantage of an in-home sex toy party in a fun, group setting with companies like Bedroom Kandi.
to "Sex and the City" times - when Charlotte discovered The Rabbit - generations
of women have used vibrators to go from no-go to the Big O. But today’s sex toys are more innovative than ever and not just for women.
Brands like Trojan now sell their line of vibrators alongside condoms at your local drugstore. And sex shops report being inundated by shoppers who have read the erotic novel “50 Shades of Grey” and
now want to spice things up in their own bedrooms.
In the past decade, vibrator use has become a lot less taboo among women, and there has been an explosion of new toy designs for the discerning lady looking to engage in self-pleasuring. Yet for the most part, that same variety of product has not existed for men.
Yet slowly but surely toy designers are acknowledging the fact that vibrators and the like don’t have to be relegated to solo use; for adventurous and open-minded couples, they can be invaluable tools for reigniting intimacy, and
for achieving even more pleasurable sex.
“For both women and men vibrator use is linked with
more positive sexual function, such as greater desire, arousal, and easier orgasms,” says Debby Herbenick, Ph.D., a research scientist at Indiana
University and the author of “Sex Made Easy.”
“It's also something that most women and men in the U.S. feel positively about - there really isn't the same stigma that, decades ago, people may have
associated with sex toy use.”
Because of this shift in perception, Herbenick reports, most women in the U.S. - and nearly half of all men - have used vibrators. And while there are
many who are still shy about purchasing a sex toy from their local drugstore or other retail chain, it’s easy to order these products online, or to take
advantage of an in-home sex toy party in a fun, group setting with companies like Bedroom Kandi.
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