Couples using sex toys

This article was written by Hayley Macmillen and repurposed with permission from Refinery We've all read some iteration of the classic "What's in her purse? These behind-the-scenes looks at people's everyday essentials can be both informative and entertaining—and so we upped the ante by asking five women, straight and queer, partnered and not, ages 23 to 44, to show us what's inside their sex-toy drawers. Read on for their intimate thoughts on their most intimate accessories.

There are a ton of sex toys out there. While this is amazing for ensuring that you have as many options as possible for some toy-assisted pleasure, it does make it a bit difficult to make a snap decision while trying to buy a toy after browsing shelves and shelves full of orgasm-promising sexcessories at your local sex toy store. So many options! Which one is right for me? Generally, toys can be broken up into a few umbrella categories: clitoral external toys, internal vaginal toys , cock rings , blowjob sleeves , and anal toys. Within each of these categories, there are also more subcategories, like you can have a suction toy and a bullet and a panty vibe all being clitoral toys, and anal beads and butt plugs within butt toys.

We tend to associate sex toys with masturbation —you know, something you drag outta the bedside drawer whenever a flesh-and-blood partner isn't available. But whether it's a vibrator , dildo, butt plug , cock ring , or prostate massager —or all of the above—a sex toy can also work wonders for all kinds of partner sex. Couples in a sex rut might find a shiny, new toy brings excitement back to their bedrooms, and couples who are already adventurous might use a toy to explore even more avenues for gettin' it on. There are even remote-controlled sex toys that can help couples in long-distance relationships keep the flame alive from far away. Some people looking at you, men shy away from the idea of a couple's sex toy out of fear their partners will like it better than their own junk.

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