Bite the Fruit — Sexual Wellness
Are you a top, bottom, vers or side?
Russwin Francisco
Grindr added "side" to its filter. Launched in 2009, Grindr is a very popular social networking and online dating app. Most of its 13 million users are members of the gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community. The app allows members to create a personal profile which is then shared with other members based on filter and location settings. Members can contact each other, send pictures, make a video call, or arrange to meet. Adding “side” to Grindr’s profile is a big deal. Gay men, especially on an app like Grindr, typically lead with, “Are you a top, bottom or versatile?”...
Masturbation during the pandemic
Russwin Francisco
The pandemic has required people to give up a lot of things that made them happy. From eating out to shopping to movie-going and on and on. Yet, there is one thing that most have drawn the line at: sex. In fact, since quarantining and social distancing became the norm, there has been a coinciding increase in sales of sex toys, according to industry reports. An anonymous survey by a U.S. company that sells sex toys reveals that 62% of respondents said that they already own sex toys and, of the ones who didn’t, 57% planned to purchase them during...
Fascinating facts about the penis
Russwin Francisco
1. The best way to measure a penis. To measure penis length: Place a measuring tape on the top side of the penis, holding the edge of the tape toward the pubic bone and extending it from there to the tip of the head. To measure penis girth: Simply wrap a measuring tape around the widest point of the shaft. Alternately, you can achieve the same thing by using a string to get the length and girth. Then, use a ruler on the string to determine the measurements. 2. The average erect penis size is 5.16 inches. A 2014 study...
Vaxxed, waxed and ready to spend: ‘Hot Vax Summer’ heats up businesses
Bite the Fruit
By Emily Davies (for the Washington Post, Posted with Permission) Experts and friend groups alike are fawning over “Hot Vax Summer,” or what they expect to be a months-long party full of first dates, packed bars and other previously forbidden activities made possible by mass vaccinations. That anticipation has driven up contraception sales, sent liquor sales through the roof and flushed salons with cash as people clamor to be “vaxxed and waxed.” The result is an economic engine for some of the businesses most damaged by the coronavirus pandemic, which, after a year of isolation, are now flourishing thanks to...
May is National Masturbation Month
Russwin Francisco
May is National Masturbation Month. The annual celebration began in 1995 in response to the forced resignation of U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders in December 1994. After a speech at the UN World AIDS Day, Elders responded to an attendee’s question about masturbation’s potential for discouraging early sexual activity. She replied, “I think it is something that is part of human sexuality and a part of something that perhaps should be taught." Soon after, Elders’ career as the first black female Surgeon General ended. The owners of Good Vibrations, an adult shop in San Francisco, were outraged. They set...