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Heal the World Through Sex Toys

By Kristen Chase



With the economy bottoming out and parents stashing their pennies under the mattress, the idea of spending money on sex toys is probably not an option. If you’re struggling to pay your mortgage and can barely afford to feed your family, a whopping dildo isn’t a purchase that’s easily rationalized.

Besides, with the way things are these days, you might already feel like you’re getting rammed by a giant fake dick, so why bother shelling out money for one?

That’s not to say that people aren’t having sex. On the contrary, it’s times like these that tend to cause a massive baby boom. With no money to expend on frivolous extra curricular activities and birth control apparently, couples are forced to engage in a little bit of good old fashioned fun. And as you’ve most likely already figured out, that can lead to babies. Sweet little babies, of course, but still. Babies. That means more mouths to feed, more butts to diaper, and more nights longing for sleep.



Okay, so you could just buy a box of condoms and go on your very merry way, flipping off the recession as you ride your spouse off into the sunset. Or at least until you collapse from exhaustion or your kids wake up.

But couples do not live on sex alone. At least, you shouldn’t, anyway. And thanks to amazing advances in sex toys, you don’t have to sell your first born to afford one. In fact, a couple of plain old human fingers can probably do the trick. And if not, you might have a bunch of items lying around the house that you can McGyver into some sort of pleasurable device.

But if you’re not so keen on being a guinea pig for a homemade vibrator, you’ll find a plethora of affordable sex toys that will help you blow off the extra steam you might have building up courtesy of these stressful times. However, if you’re clipping coupons for milk and driving slower just to conserve on gas, even a $10 vibe might seem like an unnecessary luxury. Who wants to be the parent who takes the peanut butter and jelly out of their kid’s mouth so that they can get off with the help of a battery-operated dildo?

Well now instead of taking from the mouths of babes, you can actually put food right back in all while satisfying your own desires.

At least that’s what Sex Toys for Kids lets you do.

Started by a parent who wanted to make a difference for kids in Malipampang, Phillipines, Sex Toys for Kids uses commissions from a group of popular sex shops, including Babeland (a Mominatrix fave) to help provide elementary aged children with an education. Instead of collecting donations, the site asks you to shop via their links which allows your store to track your purchase and give anywhere from 7% to 30% of it to Sex Toys for Kids.

So you shop for your favorite sex products all while helping to purchase a child’s school uniforms, meals, transportation, and medical attention (if needed). And as you might have guessed, it doesn’t take the purchase of a $500 sex swing to make a difference. A regular old $25 vibrator can give a child an education he or she might not otherwise get.

So whatever guilt you might have for spending money on your own pleasure these days is completely exonerated.

Buy a dildo. Change a child’s life.

It doesn’t get much better than that.


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Kristen Chase left a job as a college music professor for her current career as stay-at-home-mother of three. When she's not perusing the local adult bookstores and foot fetish websites, she maintains several weblogs, including Motherhood Uncensored, Cool Mom Picks, and Parent Bloggers Network.

3 Responses to "Heal the World Through Sex Toys"

1. Chelle

Feb 20, 2009 11:38

So. . . (and yeah, this is lame) Buy a Dildo, Save the Children?
Ha - Please remember that Planned Parenthood DOES give out free condoms and birth control for people who can't afford it. :D

2. Satina Scott

Feb 20, 2009 22:47

Omigod, so cool. I'm going to do something like this with my business! I'm so glad you started following me on twitter! I am SO gonna follow you back!

3. Satina Scott

Feb 20, 2009 22:55

LOL...okay, so you don't follow me, I figured out. A follower of mine follows YOU and I followed HER link. Ack this social media hurts my brain...

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