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The variety of sex toys is surprising. Sex toys vary from purely male or purely female adult toys to toys that can be used by both sexes. There's also some sex toys that may also be considered sex aids or marital aids.
The Purpose Of Sex Toys
Some sex toys aid the man's erection, stimulate the female genitals to become more sensitive or provide a different feel to 'normal' sex. Other adult toys offer an 'environment' for variations in sex, for instance what are known as orgy bedsheets. Sometimes they are used to help an individual who has difficulty with unaided sex to attain sexual joy. However most adult toys give a new method to directly stimulate a mans or female genitals to attain sexual joy.
Using sex toys can offer new experiences and variation in the sexual performance. Additionally, it may give a fantasy element for enhancing or revitalising a relationship.
The typical expectation is the fact that a sex toy provides direct stimulation from the genitals in foreplay and/or during sexual activity or as a means to obtain orgasm through only the stimulation provided by the sex toy.
Kinds of Sex Toys
Vibrating Sex Toys
One of the most well known sex toys are 'vibrators' which, as the name suggests, provide stimulation from the genitals using vibration. They are mainly accustomed to stimulate the clitoris, but may also be used to stimulate every other part of the female body or that of a man's.
The simplest of these are pencil or wand shaped (though normally thicker than a pencil). They often come with an internal battery (or two) which powers a little electric motor. Sometimes the battery pack and controller are external and connected to the vibrator with a wire. This motor is fitted with a small, out of balance, weight connected to the shaft. Because this weight rotates it throws the motor and vibrator into a small circular movement which in turn causes the vibration you are feeling.
Having a vibrator that has a controller, because the power is increased the rate of the motor increases and with it both rate and strength of vibration. Both strength and rate of vibration effects how stimulating you find the adult toy. The very best effect might not be as strong and as fast as you possibly can. The optimum settings might change as the degree of excitement builds. For the greatest results it is worth purchasing a vibrator that is controllable.
Different vibrators may have different characteristics and you'll well help you find prefer one combination much more than another and your preference might even vary based on which a part of your body you are stimulating.
More recently electronic vibrator controllers have appeared which provide not just the static control of power/speed but also allow you to select patterns of power pulses and surges. These may be very effective.
There are also other vibrating sex toys for example butterfly stimulators and vibrating penis rings.
Other Powered Sex Toys
There are some sex toys that use different ways to provide mechanical stimulation. These usually rely on a motor that makes the adult toy continually change its shape which provides a sort of rotational movement or causes it to be move backwards and forwards. The back and forth movements are sometimes powered by an aura pump rather than a motor. The movements happen to be accustomed to create, for instance, mechanical licking tongues, vibrators that 'penetrate' the vagina and mouth simulators to give a guy a 'blow job'.
On the bigger scale and much more expensive, there are 'sex machines' that contain thrusting and vibrating dildos.
Combination Adult toys
To date we've covered vibrating, moving and thrusting sex toys. Since you may have guessed they are all offered inside a bewildering array of combinations.
A common combination in many 'Rabbit Style' vibrators is clitoral stimulation using vibrations and vaginal stimulation using movement and sometimes a thrusting motion as well.
Many sex toys add varying textures to their surfaces; a dildo or vibrator may have ridges or soft spikes or a rippled shape.
Sensation Change Adult toys
Some sex toys instead of provide vibrating or moving stimulation, alter the feel of sex.
For example there are a variety of sleeves to put over the penis to supply different sensations for both partners while engaged in penetrative sex.
There are rings that squeeze the bottom of your penis and/or tighten the scrotum that assist the man's erection and also changes his sensations. There are penis extenders and thickeners which might provide a man's partner greater sensations during penetration.
There are a wide variety of lubricants that can significantly change the feel of sex.
There are PVC and Polyurethane bed sheets which are water and oil proof that can be used for slippery or messy sex.
Why Use A Sex Toy?
A great real question is: so why do people use a adult toy? Surely fingers, tongues, penises, clitorises and vaginas etc all provide great sexual stimulation and pleasure.
Well, apart from therapeutic uses (eg erection assistance), adult toys can drive the imagination (being taken by a machine), provide variety (new ways to do old things), vary the stimulating effects in otherwise normal sex (penis sleeves) plus some can provide experiences not possible with 'normal body parts' (particularly vibrating sex toys and electro-stimulation).
How to start
If you have not tried a sex toy before and do not yet have an idea of the items you might like, try one of the simpler vibrators first. Most probably you'll enjoy the experience after which begin to wonder the other delights can be found with more sophisticated vibrators and other adult toys ...
