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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Linda Geddes

‘Between pleasure and health’: how sex-tech firms are reinventing the vibrator

A pair of hands holds six sex toys of various shapes and sizes
British firm MysteryVibe’s original vibrator was designed to alleviate pain in the vagina. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian

At first glance, it could be mistaken for a chunky bracelet or hi-tech fitness tracker. But the vibrations delivered by this device will not alert you to a new message or that you have hit your daily step goal. Neither are they strictly intended for your wrist.

Welcome to the future of vibrators, designed not only for sexual pleasure, but to tackle medical problems such as vaginal dryness, or a painful and inflamed prostate gland in men.

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