Improving Relationships, One Fucking Couple at a Time

“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…