SAN FRANCISCO – How well do you know your neighbors? Have you ever been just a teensy bit curious about the sex games they play when no one’s watching?
Evidently, Kink.com satisfied its curiosity about such things by snooping in people’s bedrooms, because the company has compiled a list of favorite kinky sex toys, by state.
Using sales information from the Kink.com online store and eponymous product line, the company has released sales data for all 50 states as part of an ongoing look at the kinkiest places America.
“Adult companies are able to provide an honest, unique and broad-based look at sex and sexuality, based on what users actually do and buy, rather than what they tell researchers,” said Kink.com spokesman Mike Stabile. “Using our data, we looked at the top-selling toys in each of the 50 states to try and determine what really drives people sexually in different areas of the country.”
Liberal states like California, home to Los Angeles (No. 1 in the Kinkiest Cities survey this year), San Francisco (No. 4) and New York (home to No. 2, New York City), favor electro-stimulation tools such as the TAZapper.
Anal toys, including butt plugs and prostate massagers, dominated in conservative states like Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Kansas.
Maryland, home to much of the Washington, D.C. (No. 8) political class, favors penis pumps.
Rust belt states, like Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin and Illinois, tend to favor extreme restraint, like chastity cages and hoods, while Mid-Atlantic states like New Jersey and Pennsylvania like whips and floggers.
Vibrating wands like Hitachi Magic Wand are popular regardless of a state’s electoral orientation.
Kink.com is the world’s largest producer of BDSM and fetish entertainment. In 2016, Kink partnered with Doc Johnson to develop a high-end BDSM and fetish line to better serve kinky communities around the world.
