Yeah i'm going there. Now i'm not going to harp on about MAI INEQUALITIES! Waaaah why is it acceptable for women to use sex toys and not men? Waaaah.
Look, women hide their sex toys just like men do. There's a general air of shame for liking sexual gratification that i'm baffled by. It's like wtf happened to the sexual revolution guys? Both women and men are shamed for natural biological urges. Wether those urges are above or below what is considered "normal" it's shamed by someone somewhere in some way. It's a spectrum, not a standard. Just don't judge other people's sex drives based on your own standard that may have been shamed into you growing up. Be it through religion, or ideology, or some societal thing, just push that shaming conditioning out of your brain and be honest about yourself and your drives. I used to be shamed about either not having enough sex or having too much. There's a great video about it i'll link here.
So Topcat, when you gonna talk about Sex Toys? Well i felt i needed to address the problem with shaming of non traditional sexual acts, even in today's society on a sex positive channel on youtube. That said SourcefedNerd is one of the BEST and more open minded geek channels on youtube, this is not a damnation of them AT ALL. It's more a comment on our society in the west as it stands today.
Here's their vid on a sex toy indiegogo going on at the moment
https://youtu.be/j_lf8we71aU
Overall a good video from a mainstream geek youtube channel except the one aside by Maude of "why not get a real girlfriend". The video even addresses the stigma attached to using a sex toy. The reason I subscribe to SourcefedNerd is they'll usually talk about stuff openly with a brief explanation about stigma and that we should all be understanding etc.
You want to see a completely not understanding vid check AlphaOmegaSin's vid on it.
This was my reply to SourcefedNerd's vid.
"Ever heard of Kiiroo Amsterdam? Check their youtube out. Much more classy looking sex toy designed for online live chat porn, but more importantly, long distance relationships... which i'm currently in. Plus it (Kiiroo) is not a hypothetical indiegogo, it's out already. There's also a screen for Fleshlight apparently that looks like f'ing an IPAD.
A rise in for-male-sex-toys isn't surprising the more hostile it gets in the dating world. If people want to get freaky in VR in the privacy of their own home more power (glove) to them. Just don't do Let's Plays."
I didn't address Maude's aside because it's so much part of our cultural atmosphere it'd almost be weird if she didn't react that way. I'm guessing statistically guys have higher sexual needs than women generally and increasingly less avenues for it the more things get censored or outright banned in the west. Also the shifting standards on etiquette and approach to sex in the modern PC era of constant consent removing most of the romance and spontaneity from sexual encounters, turning it into a robotic form filling chore, makes it clearer why people would prefer just skipping the potential threat of rape accusation and just fucking an actual robot. It's not that this is at epidemic levels, it's just so random and sporadic and expected by some as a norm that there's no prior communication about the standards your date may or may not have in terms of protocol. It's why online dating is probably rising too, you have all your likes/dislikes on display. Remember when people talked to each other on a date and figured out what each other liked in person?
Anyways, do what you need to fellas to scratch that itch without potentially getting accused of assault. Find a good woman who KNOWS you (or man, no judgement here) who cares about your needs and who you can provide for their needs too. Took me a lot of trail and error and luckily i didn't let experience of crazy ex gfs hold me back for fear of being hurt or ruining a strong friendship. She doesn't have much of a sex drive compared to me but she understands that, and we talk about it and figure it out.
Do i have a sex toy, yes. Will i be getting this indiegogo one? No, not my thing. But if it's your thing go for it. Happy humping.