'The Cone'

Sex Toy : The Cone

Instead

of a penis-shaped sex

toy, the 'ergonomic' cone is designed

to penetrate only the sensitive front of the vagina and

clitoral area, using a powerful motor to stimulate the user to orgasm.

What a mess down there???!!!

Disastrous, dangerous, disgraceful, dud and daggy dildo's.

The History of the Vibrator

The use of vulvular massage as a therapy for "hysterical" patients dates back to Hippocrates. During the 19^th century, it caught on as a treatment for diagnosed hysteria.

The treatment wasn't generally thought of as sexual, but rather as a therapy. Women had to return week after week, year after year. But doing it by hand was exhausting, tedious work; some women had to be massaged for an hour before they reached paroxysm.

Doctors experimented with mechanizing the process. Hydrotherapy—the shooting of water directly at the patient's reproductive region—proved effective and became quite fashionable. It had its drawbacks, though: It was messy, expensive, and not easily portable.

In the 1880s, a British doctor invented the first electric vibrator, an industrial-size contraption meant to be a permanent fixture in a doctor's office. It was a major labor-saver, allowing many patients to reach paroxysm in less than 10 minutes. In addition to treating hysteria, these early vibrators were multipurpose; they were relaxing, cured sore throats, and ‘restored plumpness to bony arms’. .

Even men were diagnosed with more similar ailments and were sometimes treated with vibrator massage. The legendary naturalist John Muir patented his own vibrator for men in 1899.

Around the turn of the century, entrepreneurs began to recognize the huge potential market for hand-held vibrators for home use. Hamilton Beach patented its first take-home vibrator in 1902, making the vibrator the fifth electrical appliance to be introduced into the home, after the sewing machine and long before the electric iron. By 1917, there were more vibrators than toasters in American homes.

Starting in the 1920s, the vibrator revealed to be the sex toy that it was.

From the 1950s through the 1970s, the vibrator became like a camouflaged technology. Catalogs full of household appliances featured banana-shaped vibrators. Also popular were vibrators that doubled as nail-buffer kits, hair brushes, backscratchers, and some that were designed as attachments for vacuum cleaners. Most of them were cheesy, battery-operated devices that came in avocado green, gold, and burnt orange.

Bottled Vagine

http://www.spookmag.com/2010/03/16/bottled-vagine

If you’ve vajazzled and still feel the cosmetic line for vaginas is still not catering for you then maybe Vulva Original is more your steez. It’s a relatively gross product, catering for the individual who feels that merely acting like a pussy is not enough. You need to smell like one too.

-SPOOKMAG March09

Do Women Enjoy Watching Porn?

I had someone ask me today whether women, on average, are aroused from watching visual porn. I didn’t know the answer to that question, and I can’t speak for “the average woman,” so I did some searching and found these related articles:

A CNN/Oprah.com Article About Women Watching Porn
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/07/24/o.women.watching.porn/

Pornophobic? The Dish About Dirty Movies
http://www.oprah.com/relationships/Do-Women-Watch-Porn

Becky Flanders

Female Urination
Photography by Becky Flanders

http://beckyflanders.com/menu.html

Photographs by Manuel Laval

Manuel Laval - German Photographer

A large part of our culture is concerned with partnerships and sexuality. However, one area of the body is mostly left unexplored.

Genitals are only shown to any extent in pornography. It is only rarely that they are included in an aesthetic and cultural setting.

There is a gap in our culture, a blind spot on the map of our relationships.

With my photography, I attempt to bridge this cultural gap and to encourage viewers to think about their attitude to their own and other people's bodies. My intention is to help people to take pleasure in looking.

My pictures invite viewers to experience voyeurism as both pleasant and positive.

Philosophy

My photography aims to oppose the established sexual taboos.

But why now, of all times, and against what taboos, when there are seemingly endless reports in the media about child pornography and the trade in girls and women? Why now, when the smallest details of sexual activity or personal conduct are dragged into the garish light of day on talk shows, in the press and other media (the Clinton-Lewinsky affair being a prime example)? Why now, when so often we hear complaints that anything goes and
everyone can live as they please? On closer examination, it becomes clear that the concept of "sexual freedom" is superficial and insubstantial.
It is only the exploitation of eroticism in pornography, prostitution, strip shows, advertising and sensational newspapers that is truly unrestricted. Even illegal material is available to an almost unlimited extent. (And there is a growing trade in child pornography).

Nor does the commercialisation of sexuality steer clear of problem areas like child pornography, Aids and violence. These topics are loudly displayed in public and, instead of being sensibly examined, they spread a mood of hysteria throughout society. Viewing figures are treated as more important than clear reporting, open debate and real sensual experience.

Sexuality as the most beautiful interpersonal experience is largely dominated by money. Junk Sex is in and triviality holds sway over sexuality. The result is that sex and eroticism have become tainted and can now hardly be included in an unbiassed way within a cultural setting.

A great many artists are shy of dealing with and representing eroticism, because they fear being categorised as sordid. There are also concrete barriers such as censorship on television and in the cinema, and nervousness among the grant-giving organisations and editors. For these reasons, it is not possible to include a taboo-free erotic scene in a culturally valuable film without coming under suspicion of dealing in poor taste. Permissive scenes fall victim to the mental scissors of self-censorship, although they might well have been good for the film, because a single too explicit scene can endanger the whole project through legal problems, censorship, poor international marketing prospects, and so on.

On the other side of the coin, there are some remarkable differences within the field of censorship, as, for instance, in Japan, where trading in pornography (even pornography involving children) is permitted, provided that genitals and pubic hair are painted out.

There is an enormous market in pornography. The wish of the individual to consume it is also legitimate - and why not? However, pornography always contains the same ingredients: licking, fucking, blow jobs. This is junk-food sexuality; creativity and fantasy are left out of the equation.

As far as erotic culture is concerned, or what could be called by that name, there is hardly anything to be found. Museums of erotic art usually only show the superficial, or, again, just pornography. Only very seldom can one find works of art or antiquities from other cultures which prove that eroticism and sexuality can be integrated into art and everyday life without embarrassment.

Of course there are some sensible and necessary prohibitions, such as violence against children and adults.

Direct representations of violence of all kinds have increased in the media and have been turned into a mass consumption commodity, while censorship, even where children and adolescents are concerned, is much less strictly imposed than in the area of eroticism.

Relationships often fail on the grounds of sexual dissatisfaction. Communication between partners concerning their erotic desires and dreams still tends to be scanty and is beset by inhibitions. Individuals wonder what their partner will think of them if they express their real wishes. Very many relationships are riddled with possessiveness, jealousy, dishonesty, lack of communication and misunderstandings.

The existing erotic culture tends to distance us from each other and moves us away from actual experience. It ends up, finally, in the realm of clichés.

http://manuel-laval.de/verteiler12.html

"The imagination is the cradle where pleasures are born" - Marquis de Sade 1740-1814

http://blog.ted.com/2009/12/cindy_gallop_ma.php
At TED2009, audience member Cindy Gallop gave a 4-minute presentation that became one of the event's most talked about. Speaking from her personal experience, she argued that hardcore pornography had distorted the way a generation of young men think about sex, and talked about how she was fighting back with the launch of a website to correct the myths being propagated

Vulva Portrait Pendant

Celebrate your own beauty.

Each piece is an original, one of a kind hand sculpted image of its owner to remind her that regardless of what the world and the people in it may tell her: she is beautiful.

Despite being someone who writes a sex-positive blog, I won’t go so far as to label everything that relates to sex as “erotic,” and while “erotica” has its own definition, how that definition is applied and considered is up to a person, that is to say, it is their opinion.

It is not my opinion that this necklace is erotic, neither is it something that I could ever conceive of wearing. Trust me, I’m pretty weird by all normal standards, sexually speaking, but a pussy pendant is weird, even for me.

That being said, when writing this, I meant no offense, and in no way implied or meant to say that a man “needs” to buy it for a woman, that a woman can’t buy it for herself and that a woman can’t enjoy sex without a man.

Simply put, I can’t conceive of many women, including myself, buying this necklace for themselves, and that right there, in my mind, cuts her market in half. Whose left? Men. Gay men certainly aren’t buying this for themselves, leaving straight men. Let’s face it, many women do and wear things that isn’t in their taste for their partner (in this case, a man), but I don’t see this being one of the situations where a man would buy this for his girlfriend or wife, and therefore if she’s not buying this for herself, nor as an item of compromise to please her man, who is buying it?

I can see conventional people thinking a woman with a pussy pendant is totally crass and absurd. And really, it is. But who cares? I mean, we all have our weird things, and by that same token, for every weird thing we like, there’s someone out there that likes it to and won’t think it weird, but natural to them.

I realize now I discussed the male-female r/s, and the male-male r/s, but not a female-female one, which could possibly be who is buying this, if we’re going to go with the stereotype of a feminist or lesbian who wants to love her body and pussy and what a woman represents. But honestly, I have lesbian friends, and even they cringed when I showed them these pendants.

In the end, to each his own, but i just really don’t think this should be worn as a necklace. Unless it’s worn for kitschy reasons, this should not be worn in public, much like you don’t walk around with a Playboy under your arm at Starbucks. I have nothing wrong with obscenity — after all, I watch some questionable adult videos — but I think obscenity has its place, and should not be paraded or pushed in the public. And that applies for more than just pussy pendants. That applies to girls whose g-string always shows, men whose pants drag and shows their ass crack, vulgar words on shirts, etc.

Sex Toy Design Analysis

When I started looking into this topic, I have to say I got the impression that there are few areas of design that still serve to polarise quite as successfully as sex toy design. Many of you will probably shake their heads now, saying „Oh no, there is no problem at all – bring them on, we'll be more than happy to discuss means of sexual stimulation over coffee any time“. Fact is, many of you probably wouldn't. And it has to be said: there is nothing wrong either way.

Actually, it's a fascinating design area to look at, once the initial discomfort (if applicable) subsides. A sex toy is one of the products that will ultimately be closer to one's body than any other object, that is interacted with in the most intimate moments and ways, and which thus has to meet design challenges of the most extreme kind. No other product has to be as compatible with our physique, and few other objects have to fulfill a series of such complex requirements whilst at the same time being of the utmost simplicity.

'The core problem is – to be honest – that sex toys until fairly recently were just not that, well, sexy. Unrecognised as an area for professional designers to look into, most sex toys seemed to follow the good old catch phrase of form following function maybe a little too closely.'-Anna Rojahn

A subsequent trend towards 'cute' designs represents a marginal improvement at best: big-eyed caterpillars in bright colours, cartoonish dolphins, and other not-so highly creative takes on the subject are obviously meant to introduce some garish girly fun, and to improve the image of the sex toy industry. This has undoubtedly helped increase sex toys' mainstream acceptance, by making them look safe, indeed innocent; in turn, allowing pioneers such as Germany's FunFactory to move sex toys out of sleazy little shops at the back of railway stations, and into bedrooms everywhere.
These enormously kitsch designs have therefore contributed significantly to paving the ways of the sex toy as a business and design area. Nonetheless, there are few niches that remain so highly underdesigned, creating an opportunity for young designers to establish a name for themselves.

Positive examples have to go to companies such as Jimmyjane, Myla and Lelo – companies that invest their resources into high quality design:


Vibrator by Myla


Clitoral massager by Lelo


Vibrator by Jimmyjane

Sex Design- Book

Book Review: Sex Design By Max Rippon
by RAPH GOLDSWORTHY

Look at almost any object that has been designed, in the right way, and you can see how it can be construed in a sexual manner. Sex is a theme that permeates the world of Industrial and Product design. Sex is undeniably everywhere and is one of the few things in this world that is truly global.



Within its pink cover Sex Design holds a curious array of objects and images that are either subtly or overtly sexual. From garden hoses, bicycles seats and parking cones through to skyscrapers, advertising and candle holders, Max Rippon has produced an exquisitely curated exploration of sex in design and popular culture.

Max’s curated exploration of design work, from a diverse range of designers not afraid to cross the line into the risqué, “takes you through sex’s fun side, dark side, kinky side, and maybe a few sides you didn’t know existed.” While the book is certainly not one you would display on the coffee table when your grandmother comes to visit, it is certainly full of tantalizing designs that will excite, entertain, intrigue and inspire you as a designer.

Sex Design is dived into eight sections that cover various areas of the design realm. Introduction, wearing it, having fun with it, looking at it, living with it, it is romantic, it knows no limits and directory. In wearing it Max has sought out designers who have created designs that share the “most basic and common element, our bodies”, living with it is full of quirky and mischievously designed everyday objects, while in later chapters such as it knows no limits, readers get an insightful look into the darker realms of sex with objects such as Shiri Zinn’s snake skin whip, which are more like pieces of art than objects. Should you happen to want to get your hands on one of the works contained within then Max has provided the Directory at the back of the book with all the designer’s details

Erotic Enlightenment

Erotic Enlightenment is a multimedia performance by Iris Brosch, it is a Tableau Vivant, a “living painting”. It represents the birthing of fresh ideas, which may indicate the future of feminine identity. It is important to glorify feminine ideology despite these contemporary times in western as well as global society, where the women is often objectified almost to the point of being portrayed as an inanimate object or other. She is penetrated but not having her feminine ideal put upon its proper pedestal. Erotic Enlightenment is about creating a world where the female perspective is worshipped. In this world where women are brought together music, poetry, and tenderness create a wonderland of feminine divinity. To become erotically enlightened is to validate female values and to desire a sustainable future for all mankind and womenkind.







Multi Media performance by Iris Brosch - 53rd International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale
http://irisbrosch.typepad.com

Names for female genitalia in various cultures and languages.

The representation of the female genitalia is common as a protective symbol in the pre-semite era. It was represented as water, as a serpent or as an almond. This part of the body, which is now exclusive territory of pornography, obscene and frightening, had magic powers.
In the ‘Song of Songs’, we read ‘my love, go into your garden in the perfumed lawn’.
Flowers, the rose and the bud in particular were for centuries explicit metaphors and they enriched poems of the ‘litterature courtoise’ like the ‘romance of the rose’ or in the ‘flowers’ of Dante Alighieri from which we get the term ‘to deflower’- lose one’s virginity.
There are many terms linked to fruits.
Fig, strawberry, prune, grape, or chestnut - as Aretino writes in the 1500’s ‘Ella ha nelle mani e nella castagna le perle, i rubini, i diamanti, gli smeraldi e la melodia del mondo.’
The garden of earthly delights encompasses also the oblong form of the Venetian ‘mandola’ (almond), or the olive in England, which precedes the name Cherry (as in ‘lose your cherry’). In Sweeden ‘fitta’ means ‘humid dewy lawn’. In Arabic countries they use ‘Tamar’ – date. In Turkey it is an apricot. In Romania it is a peach. In Slovenia, and in many other Slavic countries, a prune. From the fruit counter we go the Delicatessen with its fresh cheeses and comforting cakes like muffins. In Macedonia they say ‘Banitza’ or also ‘Dunda’. In the Ukraine ‘Verenik’, in Italy ‘Gnocca’. In the Persian culture it become ‘paneer’, a fatty, soft cheese tasty like mozzarella.
Very often the sexual terms that refer to the female sex also mean, as in the Albanian ‘grape’, pretty woman. In Italy they say figo (from fig) to mean marvellous, cool, fantastic.
In effect this part of the woman’s body is the woman herself and the ultimate proof of the importance given to this part of the female body we see in the word ‘mona’ (vagina) which has the same roots as the ‘mona’ in Mona Lisa – ‘My Lady’, Madonna (the Virgin Mary) which comes from the Latin ‘Mea Domina’ a term of reverence.

Contemporary nude vs Vintage nude

Ögat Magazine #1 in 1960
Is the modern “stripper pole” is just the vestigial decadent remnant of a grand Parisian tradition of exotic dancer playground equipment that stretches back more than half a century?

why so sexy?

As we all know, fruit is by far the most promiscuous of all the World’s species.




1. Massive Public Fruit Orgies

Much like regular fruit orgies, massive public fruit orgies involve many many different fruits all engaging in the act of love making. This is just on a much larger scale. But what really makes these different from regular fruit orgies, is the fact that these are done in public and in front of multiple humans. Fruits are very turned on by having humans watch them while they engage in the act, and combining this with the already enticing participation in a fruit orgy makes this the number one favorite sexual activity of fruit.

2. Fruit Porn

Although in the human world, the use of pornography would be deemed less intense than a full blown orgy, in the fruit world things are a bit different. Fruit pornography is revered in a way that only the most sexually promiscuous of the fruit community partake in such acts. Some popular syndications include Exotic Fruit and Juicy Fruit Weekly.

3. The fruit orgy.

The fruit orgy allows fruit to mix and match, all during the same rising action, or in some cases multiple rising actions and therefore releases all in the same half hour time span!

The Guide To Getting It On | by Paul Joannides
http://books.google.com.au/books?id=A2BpPgAACAAJ

Design Article
http://www.ijdesign.org/ojs/index.php/IJDesign/article/view/71

Video Link
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/mary_roach_10_things_you_didn_t_know_about_orgasm.html