Bite the Fruit — Sexual Wellness

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. 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...

  Scientific studies have proven there are strong links between a positive evaluation of sexual life and a person's overall health and feelings of happiness. Bite the Fruit believes sexual wellness is an integral part of physical, emotional, and interpersonal wellness. We believe in the positive effects of sexual fulfillment.   Taking care of yourself never felt so good. Sexual aids and toys are part of a healthy, balanced lifestyle that includes mindfulness of diet, exercise, and sexuality.   Recently, a U.S. survey found that the women who use sexual aids such as vibrators are more likely to have a...