You may have already heard of OMGYES and if you haven't, as a woman, you should really get to know, because it might just be the best gift you could give yourself during these dreary lockdown days.
Emma Watson put forward one of the brand's first celebrity endorsements, when she discussed it on stage with Gloria Steinem. Take a look here if you don't believe us:
Essentially, OMGYES conducted the largest and most in-depth study of its kind, focusing solely on the female orgasm and, more specifically, the actions of self-pleasure among women.
The study found that women's masturbating 'techniques' were mostly similar, falling into a range of categories, some of which had never even been named.
In terms of using OMGYES' services, the website takes you through the different techniques like 'edging', 'staging', 'hinting' and more. After clicking on a technique that interests you, a woman talks you through how she learnt to get her most effective orgasm, using it.
Then, you watch as she shows you how she masturbates.
After that, you can be tested on the technique using amazing touch screen technology.
And of course, you're then free to try it out for yourself IRL.
It's definitely NSFW, but let us be unequivocal in saying that this is not pornography. Or, certainly it isn't pornography in any traditional sense - which is a largely male-dominated, geared towards stimulating male pleasure, more often than not at the distinct and marked sacrifice of female pleasure.
Erotic? Perhaps.
Informative? Most certainly.
But there is absolutely no 'performance' aspect.
The women are real, the conversation is frank and it is not created explicitly for male eyes (not that they can't join in and learn something).
The aim of the project is to demystify female sexuality. More specifically, the elusive female orgasm and take away any shameful connotations that still persist, around the act of self-love.
It is a website that has been created specifically for your pleasure.
So what better way to spend the dull days of lockdown, than learning how to give yourself more pleasure than you've every physically experienced before, whether you're partnered up or not?
Because the most important relationship you'll ever have is with yourself, so you'd better ensure your solo-sex-life, as you're going to be together forever.
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