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Behind the Brand: how adult toy company Tenga changed the sexual wellness game for men

Source: Tenga

Self-pleasure: most do it, but people rarely discuss it. Only natural. It's not exactly dinner party conversation, is it? 

Except amongst women, it is. A few Whispering Angels and beans are soon being spilt about that one piece of leg-twitching sex tech that forever altered worlds. We share this intel for the common good, because - and any medical expert will back this - it’s always been much more challenging for women to climax. 

In the West certainly, the words ‘sex toy’ conjures images of everything from SATC-immortalised Rabbits to unassuming silicone teardrop shapes that those in the know will instantly understand how, and where, to apply. A world of toys is here, pulled out of sketchy backrooms and thrust into the mainstream. Even is at it, forWith tech advancing by the day, the orgasm gap - that is, the disparity in sexual pleasure between hetero men and women - is steadily closing. If that’s not cause for fireworks, I don’t know what is.

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