Women-led online platforms in India offer both sex toys and sex education

By Shubhanjana Das
22 March, 2023

Women-led online platforms in India offer both sex toys and sex education

By Shubhanjana Das
22 March, 2023

More and more sex tech spaces emerging online in the form of e-commerce websites for sex toys, sexual wellbeing and awareness platforms are helmed by women

An online search to purchase sex toys about three to four years ago would largely lead you to questionable websites selling obviously phallic-looking ‘massagers’, with visuals designed to cater to the male gaze. Even if one browsed from the anonymity of the incognito mode, it was quite likely that you would be overcome with a sense of shame for seeking ways of (self) pleasure. 

This was much before homegrown brands in India introduced well-designed and inclusive sexual wellness products and, with it, candid and comprehensive conversations on sex in a country where it is only talked about in hushed tones, if at all. 

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