Tips for first-time sex toy users

I was 22 when I tried my first sex toy.

The experience came about through a college internship I had stumbled upon by chance, reviewing toys, pornography, and other sexual paraphernalia for an adult dating site. At the time, I'd only had one sexual partner, and he turned out to be sexually and emotionally abusive. In fact, he'd forced me to have my first penetrative sex experience. Since the dissolution of that relationship, I'd avoided sexual intimacy.

So, believe me when I...