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How sex toys helped me under the sheets: 'I learnt to orgasm properly on my own'

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Yakobchuk Olena

We don't all just orgasm

I got my first sex toy when I was 25. It was a tiny bullet vibrator, and it was so cute. With its help, I learnt to orgasm properly on my own and explore my own body and what I liked. It definitely helped me to be more confident in bed.

A 2017 study found that only 18% of vulva-owning people can reach orgasm through vaginal penetration, and most of us either need to have clitoral stimulation or prefer it to penetrative sex. Sex toys can definitely help with that.

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