“Ecorotic” sex toys for Valentine’s day
For Valentine’s day, you decided to spice up your love life with a sex toy. But don’t just buy the first one you see. Before splurging make sure it’s “ecorotic.”Your future acquisition should be sustainable and without any risks for your health or the planet, which is not always the case. We are thankful to German ecologists for exposing the fact that the majority of these gadgets contain unacceptable levels of plasticisers and other dangerous materials. Sex toys are still scarily unregulated, with virtually no safety standards to dictate what can be used. Volker Beck, the German Green party spokesperson, asked Angela Merkel’s government to implement specific regulations limiting the amount of hazardous chemicals used. This is not the case in most countries.
Choose yours without phthalates – actually banned in children’s toys but not in adults’ – or other horrors such as toluene.It should be soft and preferably be made from 100 percent medical grade silicone. Be sure to buy a rechargeable model (if it’s battery-operated, use rechargeable batteries) or try a solar powered specimen, with enough autonomy to ensure it doesn’t suddenly stop when you are so close to hitting the big O. You need one with plenty of power and that doesn’t overheat when operating on its highest intensity setting for a long time. Select a vibrator simple to program, quiet and easy to clean. Some are even dishwasher safe. The latest sex toys are more and more varied and sophisticated, with remote control. And the last but not the least prerequisite, is for it to be recyclable.
Before testing your toy and even before giving the user manual to your SO, take some time to behold it with great emotion while telling yourself that its ancestor is older than agriculture. Everywhere they dig, archaeologists always find this great classic of the world heritage, with everyday objects such as combs and sewing needles. Apparently, during prehistoric times, sex was not taboo. One can imagine that during the Ice age, while Fred Flintstone and his mates were away mammoth hunting, their wives consoled themselves with phalluses made of stone, horn or ivory. All perfectly eco-friendly.
