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High Tech Toys in Babeland: Inside a Sex Shop for the 21st Century

by Leila Brillson on March 30, 2010 at 01:25 PM

Spending a morning in Babeland, one of the country's most forward-thinking, pro-sex (and pro-women) toy shops, is one of those moments that simply makes us love our jobs. Sure, we got to squeal at the Skweel, and get our finger, er, caressed by the Tenga Flip (better than, say, a board meeting, we think), but we also saw firsthand what the writers at Switched discuss every day: how technology, via its ability to improve our quality of life, can bring people together.

Pamela Doan, a Babeland rep and spokesperson, took us around the SoHo boutique, demonstrating the tech-y, sexy gadgets she had in stock. Aside from making our hearts race, she also drove home the fact that, while technology provides ample reason for the curious to explore on their own, the lifelike, female-conscious and often-beautiful objects all serve to make both men and women comfortable with their own bodies. Sure, nothing was being offered in 3-D (yet), but advanced silicone, electronics with memory-capacity and iPod accessories really highlighted why it's so great to live in the 21st century. Technology is, after all, meant to make us feel good.

Tags: babeland, features, sex, sex toys, SexToys, switchedvideo

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