The Fifty Shades of Grey phenomenon has blown that wide open. (Just don't use that as a blueprint for your own kinky life because there is a mile-long list of problems in the books and movies that will get you in trouble or even injured--like their use of spreader bars.) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. LGBTQ folks get shamed for their preferences. There are cultural and religious communities that have loads of shame around oral acts. It’s been brought up to me, regarding these toys, that the majority of us already have a hand, two even, but the angle of going solo is a real hassle. These toys are great if you’re interested in fisting but not ready to do it with a partner. It takes time to stretch and acclimate to something of this size so this makes for a good practice tool to work up to it over time.

I’m sorry, but this just looks like someone has contracted a horrible alien virus. It doesn’t make me want to get busy, it makes me want to call the CDC. A heterosexual couple having the most vanilla, loving, textbook-standard intimacy you could think of will be shamed based on their marital status. There's a market for each and every one of them and that's fine. Did You Know that Being Kinky is Actually Really Normal?There are also probably folks who are turned off by the stuff you like. And that's okay. We don't have to all be the same. That would be boring. Study after study has shown that what used to be thought of as rare and deviant sexual behavior has turned out to be pretty typical.

I know plenty of good, averagely-kinky folks who are into fisting but that still doesn’t mitigate my initial creep-out factor when I see a this fisting toy that’s a cast of a human arm. It’s just a lot to take in. (That’s a little fisting pun for you right there.) Their kink is not my kink but their kink is okay. Simply live and let live without making judgments. What If I'm Being Shamed?Squirmles have gained a second life as a material used in fly fishing. [3] Re-branded as "Dragon Tails," [4] they can be tied onto a hook and the same properties which made them appear like live worms on land, make them appear lifelike to fish as well. It’s made of PVC silicone so it isn’t 100 percent silicone and may have that classic toy smell at first. It’s 7.8 inches long in total (maybe six insertable) and 1.65 inches in diameter. Fisting is a practice that seems like it would be on the margins but is, again, more common than you’d think. There have been informative how-to articles for fisting on even Women’s Health Magazine and Cosmo. The Smithsonian rounded up several studies that all show that not only are people kinkier than we thought, but Americans are significantly kinkier than the world overall. According to a 2005 survey, 36 percent of Americans were actively into kink practices compared to the worldwide average of 20 percent. That part of this toy isn’t strange and it very likely would feel amazing to use–but it’s weird when it’s a squirrel. Look at the little squinty eyes, shut in concentration. This squirrel is trying so hard and that’s not what I want to be thinking about.