Will Male Sex Toys Ever Be Acceptable?
Just maybe, the time has come for mankind to embrace the humble cock ring. FHM rounds up seven kinky gadgets, with verdicts from our panel of girls and guys.
Just maybe, the time has come for mankind to embrace the humble cock ring…
We’ve all done it: rummaged through our other half’s top drawer when she’s off brushing her teeth to see if we can ‘accidently’ stumble across that pink vibrator we’re sure she’s hidden away, then giggled like school kids as we poke it with a finger. Girls love sex toys: recent stats suggest that the female population is now more familiar with and open to try these sex toys. For the fairer sex, owning a vibrator has long been an acceptable bedroom accessory. For men, it’s been seen as plain desperate. Until now. In the last decade, the male sex toy market has exploded, increasing tenfold to the point where the industry is worth a whopping ₹1,200 crore in India – making it the fast growing sector in bonking gadgetry. In fact, when we asked you, the fine FHM reader, what you thought of Fleshlights, penis pumps, prostate massagers and the like, you responded in your thousands. A majority of you have or are intrigued to own some sort of bedroom aid, the majority of it being the penis pump, while 78% of you wouldn’t shy away from buying one. It seems, finally, that attitudes have changed, and Indian guys are now getting all flushed and red-faced over sex toys for a very different reason. So to celebrate, we gathered the most exciting, kinky gadgets that could be finding their way into your top drawers soon…
01 Tracey Cox EDGE Ultimate Performance Stamina Penis Pump
Creates a vacuum around the penis. As you pump a small amount of air out of the tube, your penis stretches to fill the space and improve your erectile health. Prateek: “I refuse to believe these things actually work.” Ria: “Yeah, I think I’d feel too awkward for sex if I saw this in a guy’s room.”
02 Aneros Helix Syn Prostate Massager
Locates the prostate, or P-Spot, and delivers a firm but pleasurable massage inside the male bottom. Kartika: “The bum toys are the ones I’d pick out as the best. It takes guys a while to admit it, but after a while they always say they’re up for bum fun with a girl.”
03 Tracey Cox EDGE Supreme Endurance Triple Stamina Ring Set
Cock rings restrict blood flow in the penis, creating bigger, firmer erections, and heighten your orgasm. Amit: “These things sort of intrigue me. I kind of want to give them a go, just to see how they work and what they feel like.”
04 Pink Lady Stamina Training Fleshlight
Mimics the unique sensation of intercourse with real skin sensations. It’s pricier, but lasts a long time. Kartika: “That Fleshlight scares me. It’s too realistic. I can totally understand the butt stuff, but if I found the Fleshlight, I’d think he was just a geek who wasn’t getting enough.”
05 Tenga Onacup Masturbator
A smooth, single-use masturbator that’s designed to feel like a deep-throat blowjob. Kartika: “The best thing about this is that it doesn’t look like a sex toy. You could put this on your mantelpiece and no one would be the wiser.”
06 Tenga Egg Crater
A stroker with geometric crater, crack open the plastic shell and apply lashings of lube to the stretchy material. Ria: “I’m cool with these Tenga products. I wouldn’t freak out over those. He’s gonna masturbate anyway, so it’s no biggie.” Amit: “Yeah, they’re just like having a posh wank.”
07 Lovehoney Reversible Double Stroker Xtreme
Designed to increase your stamina: the more you practise, the better you get, especially when ‘edging’ (stopping just before you come). Ria: “The inside of this just looks too like those water snakes I used to play with as a kid. I’m not sure I’m cool with bringing that sort of thing into my bed.”
You versus the sex toys
Indian couples are finally coming out of the closet and are more open to experiment with sexual wellness products.
- 70% growth month on month for the Mumbai-based site thatspersonal.com
- 60% of orders pouring in from the tier 1 and metro cities, while the rest come from smaller towns
- £1 million boom in the UK sex toy industry after the trailer of Fifty Shades of Grey aired
- 260 products available on the popular e-commerce website Flipkart.com
- ₹1,900 average order size on thatspersonal.com, which delivers products to 50 cities in the country
- 50-60 order requests received by ohmysecrets.com, which ships an array of sexual wellness products ranging from edible lingerie to massage oils
Photography: Agata Pec.
From the September 2014 issue of FHM India.
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