Sex Questions from the Twittersphere – Egg Bullet Safety
By Dr. Carol Queen • Apr 8th, 2009 • Category: Blog, Carol QueenQuestion:
Is it safe to insert egg bullets? i thought the cord was a possible safety hazard?
The cord is a safety hazard in two main ways: People assume they can use it to remove the vibe, then one day it breaks and leaves the vibe inside them; and the insertion point of the cord into the vibrator can’t be adequately cleaned. So, if you want to use an egg vibe internally, pop it into a condom, use the condom to pull the vibe out with when you’re done playing, and you’ve handled the hazards of using the toy that way. Other toys with non-electrical cords should be treated the same way, unless you’re sure the cord can be adequately cleaned (anal beads on a string can’t, SmartBalls on a string can because the string is dipped in silicone and isn’t permeable… until the silicone cracks, and then you have a cleaning problem again.)
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Dr. Carol Queen >> Carol Queen is a writer, speaker, educator and activist with a doctorate in sexology. First as an organizer in the lesbian/gay community, where she helped found one of the first gay youth groups in the United States, and later in the emerging international bisexual community, as a sex worker and a practitioner of alternative sexualities, she typically teaches and writes from her own experience and that of her communities even as she references academic thought on these subjects. See her website: www.carolqueen.com.
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