A partner telling you not to use toys is engaging in controlling behavior. You have agency over your own sexuality.
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Articles and Advice in this area:
- Gabrielle Kassel
Butt plugs do exactly what they say: they plug a bumhole because it can feel good.
- Gabrielle Kassel
Beginner-friendly and intuitive, strokers can help people reimagine masturbation or manual sex with a partner, adding textures, sensations, and sometimes vibrations.
- Gabrielle Kassel
Bullet vibrators are shaped like a baby carrot. Portable, petite, and discreet, bullets are great for first-time sex toy users and those who enjoy gentler stimulation.
- Gabrielle Kassel
Suction toys use pulses of air and gentle air pressure changes to stimulate nerve-dense areas without actually touching them directly. They create a sucking or throbbing sensation that can feel like oral sex.
- Gabrielle Kassel
Pinpoint sex toys prove that with pleasure products, more or bigger isn’t always better. Unlike wand and palm vibrations, which transmit sensation to a wide surface area, these toys excel at targeting one, tiny, nerve-dense spot. For those who enjoy ultra-exact external stimulation, they’re a great…
- Gabrielle Kassel
Easily recognized for their bulbous head and long handle, wand vibrators have been bringing magic, and sensation, to people of all ages since 1968.
- Suzannah Weiss
There’s a lot of hype around orgasms, and they are an amazing part of sex for many people — but if you haven’t had an orgasm yet, that’s okay, too. And who could blame you when nobody really teaches us how to orgasm? Here are a few things to do if you want to start exploring your orgasmic potential.
- Nicole Guappone
If you have chronic pelvic pain, what do you do if you want to get sexual with yourself or someone else? If it starts hurting, should you stop?
- Evan Sweeney
People often have day-to-day coping mechanisms to help manage their spasticity, but what do you do when you have spasticity and want to have sex?