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future I’m sitting in the brightly lit offices of global OF sex-toy brand Fun Factory on what I hear is a rare sunny day in Bremen, .

Alina Eynck, 23, the was founded in 1996 by As a result, the $15 company’s newest (and two guys making billion adult-toy biz is youngest) designer, is out of Play-Doh in their quickly morphing from graciously walking me kitchens.) “Men aren’t a male-dominated through the process using these products empire to an even more sex of how she designed Mr. themselves, so I don’t valuable -­pleasing, Boss ($95, funfactory think there’s been a lot of women-for-women HOW YOU ( ( CAN HELP .com)—a that’s thought on how the toys industry. “The demand curved specifically to interact with women’s for better products, accu- SHAPE THE stimulate a woman’s bodies or what makes rate content, and educa- FUTURE G-spot. I nod in approval us feel sexy.” That’s why tion has created a huge as she describes how she many vibes focus on two change,” explains Meika Your voice got the size, shape, things—penetration or ­Hollender, cofounder and as a consumer of arousing and flexibility just right. shaking hard (aka what co-CEO of the sexual- accessories Then Eynck’s boss, a man assumes feels wellness brand Sustain is a ­powerful Simone Kalz, 44, amazing to a woman)— Natural and author of the force…and one shows me her latest cre- and why a lot of them are new book Get on Top. that sex-toy ation: The Volta ($140, ergonomically hard to “By pulling back the cur- designers are funfactory.com), a clitoral hold or made of toxic or tains and having open, eager to hear. stimulator that flutters sketchy materials. honest, and real conver- Whenever you purchase a new faster than my eyes can Coming in (super) hot: sations about sex, the A handful of plaything for follow. I’d just toured the a new squad of female taboos and stigmas are yourself, make tech-savvy company’s actual factory, designers, like Eynck and lifting on .” sure to post women* are where I witnessed about a Kalz, who are using “Women are now cre- a review online, revolutionizing hundred employees and a ­modern technology to ating toys that are really or if you’re pleasure. See dozen machines bringing ­reinvent adult playthings thoughtful and based on shopping Mr. Boss and The Volta to cater to women’s com- their own experiences,” at a brick-and- what they have mortar store to life, and it’s clear that fort, complex arousal pro- adds Sinclair. And those in store for you. like Babeland, these two humble women cesses, and erogenous hot toys are being marketed give the sales BY FAYE BRENNAN should have way bigger spots. Since 2015, more in sex-positive, inclusive, clerk direct PHOTOGRAPHED BY ALLIE HOLLOWAY egos. They don’t seem to than 100 women from all and empowering ways. feedback about get how major they are over the world have joined Personally, as an edi- your experi- or that they’re pioneers in Women of Sex Tech, a who’s covered sex for ence. Your sug- a female-led pleasure community for sex-toy seven years, I couldn’t gestion may lead to the quest revolutionizing sex company founders, execu- be more excited for this next orgasmic as we know it. tives, and other girl feminist revolution…and invention. “The sex brands bosses. And major manu- you should be too. Read IS most people are aware facturers have started to on to learn how five nota- of were created by men,” hire a lot more women (at ble fempreneurs in the says certified sex educa- press time, 62 percent of adult market are about tor Alicia Sinclair. (Case Fun Factory employees to deliver you a way more in point: Fun Factory were female). pleasurable future.

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Alexandra 1 Fine and Janet Alicia Sinclair 37, founder of COTR, a par- Polly Rodriguez Lieberman Ti Chang scan to buy ent company to B-Vibe, 31, CEO and cofounder 29 and 32, cofounders 38, cofounder of and VP a line of anal toys for of Unbound, a sex-positive of Dame Products, which of design at Crave, a line 2 couples; Le Wand, a user- company that sells vibes was born on Kickstarter of jewelry-inspired buzz- friendly upgrade to the and lubes, offers a and makes discreet ers made out of glob- Magic Wand; and quarterly subscription-box playthings for couples to ally sourced metals and The Cowgirl, a luxe, ride- service, and publishes con- use seamlessly during body-safe silicones able tent about sexual wellness and intercourse Why She Does It “I was in Why She Does It “I had Why She Does It “When I Why They Do It a in Boston buying three ideas: I wanted to was 21 years old, I was JANET: “It made no sense a toy for myself, and I was start a line of all butt stuff, diagnosed with colon can- to me that you could spend baffled. It’s like the products revolutionize the wand, USING R+CO PRODUCTS. FINE AND cer. Because of the radiation $150 on something and have were treating female and take this really classic,

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