Welcome to NSFW Sunday!
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+ If you’ve ever wondered about whether you can get/give STIs via sex toys, Refinery 29 has the answer:
“You should never assume that if you wait long enough, they’ll disappear. Everything from HPV to gonorrhea, chlamydia, and HIV can be transferred by sharing sex toys. Even bacterial vaginosis, which isn’t an STD but rather just an infection (that can cause serious itching) linked to an imbalance of bacteria in the vagina, can be transferred on your toys. And, if bodily fluids or blood are on the toy, syphilis and hepatitis C can be transferred, too. Scary stuff!
The good news is that if you simply clean your gadgets after each use, you don’t ever have to worry about giving or getting something gross. Washing (the good, old-fashioned way, with soap and hot water) is all you really need to do.”
+ OKCupid will start letting you pick from more genders and sexualities.
+ Virtual reality porn is starting to exist.
+ Dirty emoji.
+ Babeland is doing a pre-Black Friday Sale and you can get 30% off the Je Joue Mimi Soft, the Jimmyjane Form 2 and the Jopen Vanity Vr.16.
+ Rookie answered some questions about bisexuality, including feeling like you’re missing out if you’ve only slept with dudes, bi-phobia, identifying as a sex weirdo and legitimizing your sexual desire all on your own:
“Don’t ever let anyone tell you that your sexual desires are only legit when they become sexual experiences. Most people know they are straight long before they indulge in any hetero sexy time, if they ever indulge at all. Just like you already know you desire women, please understand that it doesn’t make you a fraud or a poseur if you’re happily dating a man. Your sexuality isn’t defined by whomever you happen to be dating at the moment. (See: Anna Paquin throwing down during a Larry King Now interview.)”
+ At the Toast, Yana Tallon-Hicks, who you may know from her guide to how to have lesbian anal sex, writes about the practice of being in an open relationship and the nonconstructive narratives around non-monogamy:
“Sure, you can read Taormino’s book and totally agree with her theories: I don’t own my partner! She’s her own person! Society can’t put me in a box! Then one night you find yourself at home, cleaning up dog vomit after a tough work shift, while your girlfriend’s off with her other partner Hot Motorcycle Guy — and in your jealous, puppy-puke-ridden mind, they couldn’t possibly be doing anything other than feeding each other expensive steaks before having simultaneous orgasms at sunset. Suddenly monogamy starts looking real nice.
The most common pitfalls in open relationships exist in the big ol’ gap between people’s expectations of non-monogamy in theory, and the hard reality of non-monogamy in practice.”
+ Persistent genital arousal disorder sounds terrible.
+ Some dude scientists think vaginas should smell like peaches, probably because of the patriarchy.
+ Do not ask your activity partner to not watch porn, that is silly unless it’s kinky.
+ Antidepressants might impact your sex life.
+ The sex toy — excuse me, “sexual wellness — industry has become super huge:
“Sex toys are a big business that has been rebranded “sexual wellness.” U.S. revenues are estimated at $15 billion and the business site, the Street, projects sales to grow to $52 billion in 2020. The sex-toy industry has changed over the last decade, driven by a change in cultural values and the anonymity of the Internet. Sex-toy outlets have shifted from retail shops serving the raincoat crowd to online sites catering to every whim and price point. The hard-scrabble sex-positive activists who started San Francisco’s Good Vibration, Babeland in Seattle and the Pleasure Chest in New York have given way to Amazon, which offers an estimated 60,000 products, and Silicon Valley-backed ventures and crowdfunding fantasies.
Sex toys are a growth market attracting an ever-growing customer base as well as smart high-tech product designers and ever-clever investors looking for the next hot opportunity. And nothing is hotter than sex.”
+ And even though the industry has a ton of money and sex toys are expensive, you still shouldn’t buy counterfeits.
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