Give it a whack. Spanking for pleasure can be empowering and bring couples closer together, sexperts claim — urging those looking to level up their love lives to drag the antiquated childhood disciplinary act away from the woodshed and into the boudoir. “Often stigmatized as abusive by those who don’t understand BDSM, within a consenting and … Read more
Talk about sexual healing. Pounding headaches can be agony, but there’s an X-rated DIY cure that’s tucked away in your nightstand drawer. About 82% of American women own a vibrator, which are now being used in an unorthodox way by many migraine sufferers. While orgasms might be able to satisfy a headache, people are applying sex … Read more
Come and spend some at this arousing accommodation. New York’s Walker Hotel Tribeca has introduced a “Self-Love Pod” to allow guests to get intimate with themselves. Anyone can book the autoerotic experience through September — which is Sexual Health Awareness Month — with staff transforming ordinary hotel rooms into a space where guests can satisfy themselves. The … Read more
A professional sex-pert says we’re getting foreplay all wrong — and the key to happiness is renaming it ‘before play’ and broadening our definition of sex. Sarah Riccio, 34, is a sex positive activist and professional sex toy tester who believes that we are all still getting things wrong when we think about sex. Sarah, … Read more
Our away game is strong. Traveling turns Americans on, with more than 52% of us admitting to having the best sex of our lives while on vacation — and a whopping 42% revealing the fireworks were a result of a dalliance with someone other than a partner. And we’re hungry for more horizontal hijinks, too, according … Read more
Sex sells — but not on Etsy. The e-commerce platform will no longer allow adult toys and sexual accessories to be sold on its website, the company announced in a recent memo that has been met with frustration and anger by its loyal vendors. Starting July 29, Etsy will remove listings that advertise sex toys … Read more
An Australian influencer has made an “embarrassing” confession about her bedroom behavior – but new data has revealed she’s definitely not alone. Laura Henshaw, who co-owns fitness brand Kic with Steph Claire Smith, sheepishly revealed she once used a household object as a makeshift sex toy during a recent episode of their podcast. But while … Read more
The straight men of NYC are really opening up this summer. Big Apple bros are leaning into their submissive side — and expanding their sexual repertoires — by attending once-taboo pegging classes. Pegging — an anal sex act in which a woman penetrates a man’s anus with a strap-on dildo — has been growing in popularity in … Read more
For this New Yorker, business is pleasure. Sarah Riccio ditched her traditional 9-to-5 to become a professional sex toy tester, a little-known odd job that remedied the 34-year-old’s dissatisfaction with a normal office workplace. Sex, she told Southwest News Service, is “the only thing I love more than sleep.” “I thought the only thing I … Read more
Happy National Masturbation Month, folks! May was designated the season of self-gratification way back in 1995. The year prior, then-President Bill Clinton fired Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders for suggesting masturbation be taught as part of the sex-ed curriculum. In self-stimulating solidarity, the infamous San Francisco sex shop Good Vibrations decreed that the merry month … Read more
Who’s getting naughty? Sex experts have revealed the “kinkiest” states in the U.S. Georgia topped the list, according to Bedbible, a sex toy and sexual wellness company that ranked all 50 states based on the number of searches for kinky toys in each one. Georgia peaches had an average monthly search volume of 521 per … Read more
She aroused suspicion with this weapon of mass seduction. A female plane passenger was left mortified after a vibrator began buzzing in her suitcase shortly before takeoff, with crew ordering her to disembark the aircraft and reveal the noisy contents of her carry-on. The embarrassing ordeal was filmed by the flier’s friend and posted to … Read more
Question: when did we all become so cool with sex toys? Seriously. When I cast my mind back to the first vibrator I came across, it was on my 21st birthday. A friend had gifted me a pink sparkly one “for a laugh.” Oh, I did indeed get a laugh out of it, as I waved it … Read more
Thirty-eight percent of women feel like society has a negative stigma about women discussing their bodies — especially Gen Z (55%), according to new research. A survey of 2,000 women evenly split by generation looked at the stigma around menstruation, finding that this hasn’t changed much for the three in five who said they experienced … Read more
Abbie Chatfield has made a jaw-dropping bedroom admission in a bid to fight taboos around sexual pleasure. The outspoken influencer has partnered with Normal, an Australian wellness brand committed to “changing the conversation” around sex, to create a new adult toy that “tackles one of the most long-lasting sexual taboos”. Abbie has created an “anal … Read more
It was not a pleasurable experience. Dan Levy revealed Saturday that one of the scenes in his new Netflix film “Good Grief” was actually inspired by a real-life incident that happened to him several decades ago. “I think I was 20? And I found an apartment, and I was cleaning the apartment, and I pulled … Read more
People are losing their minds over a new phallic-shaped item that has just landed at Kmart. The $5 product was photographed and posted online on Friday, with shoppers left scratching their heads over what it could be. In a Reddit post titled “OK, didn’t expect to see this at Kmart today…” the user shared a … Read more
Let’s get knotty? The most-searched sex position in 14 states is the “pretzel,” according to a state-by-state analysis of Google Trends data performed by sex toy review site Bedbible. To emulate bread in bed, a person lays on their side while their partner straddles their bottom leg and holds up their top leg to penetrate them. … Read more
Aussie fitness influencer Laura Henshaw has raised eyebrows after admitting to a personal “hygiene fail”. The Melbourne-based former model, who co-founded health and wellness empire Kic alongside Steph Claire Smith, was discussing how frequently women should wash their sex toys on an episode of the pair’s KICPOD podcast earlier this week. While the 30-year-old shared … Read more
Mom Kristy* was walking around the kids’ section in Kmart when she stumbled across a shower foam and bath sponge set that caught her eye. However, on closer inspection, she realized the sponge was accidentally X-rated and took to a popular Facebook group to share the hilarious mistake. “Great little gift until you turn it around” Alongside photos of … Read more