Sheridan Burton from embracedesires.com and the blog https://embracedesires.net/is an entrepreneur in the adult toy biz, fortunately for us, her best friend from junior high convinced Sheridan “to the possibility of building a company based on my desire to share beautiful sensual products to like-minded individuals.”

In the beginning…

The embracedesires blog and website started from my affinity for what I consider beautiful sex accessories. I take a lot of time and pride decorating my bedroom with gorgeous accessories and wouldn’t settle for anything less from my own collection. I had visited too many “adult novelty” stores and was quite disappointed when I walked in: dark or dimmed stores often with a plasticky smell, and too many unrealistic toys.  My narcissism refused to allow any of the tacky items to touch my lady parts.  So I embarked on a quest to find something that were more appealing to my sense of self…

“Sex toys are used by sexual health professionals to encourage sexual exploration in relationship therapy and to treat sexual dysfunction and post-traumatic stress.” –Kinsey Confidential

Masturbation can be a healthy part of a person’s sexual expression for men and women, Aristotle recognized this (at least for men). Women once diagnosed with hysteria (which covered a wide range of symptoms) were often manually masturbated by doctors to relax them, and it was such doctors who came up with the electric vibrator to give their fingers and wrists a break. During Victorian times, there were women who sold dollies on the street corner, which were actually dildos in dresses (it was illegal to sell such paraphernalia).

Recently (2o10) the Kinsey Institute reported, “More than half of women ages 18 to 49 reported masturbating during the previous 90 days. Rates were highest among those 25-29 and progressively lesser in older age…