Bliss Journal

Pleasure is the ultimate form of sexual self-care or self-care in general. Pleasure is an important part of a happy healthy life and a priority in general self-care and sexual self-care. It encompasses all the points before it and more. Valuing your pleasure is a part of valuing, accepting, and loving yourself. It can be a great way to support your mental health. Having said that it can be hard for many women to stop and take care of themselves first because we are taught to take care of others. Masturbation is a way to incorporate pleasure into your self-care...

I bet you are not surprised that a sex toy shop is going gaga for Masturbation month. If you’ve been hanging around here a while, you probably know that we are about more than just sales we are are all about your sexual wellness. A big reason why we love May so much is because of the health benefits of the month that promotes masturbation and we’re huge fans of self-pleasure. Did you know that according to Indiana University’s National Survey Of Sexual Health And Behavior, more than half of American adults say they masturbate up to four times a...

The conversation surrounding female masturbation has thankfully undergone a huge, positive turn around in recent years, and so has the way sex toys are designed and marketed as well as how we talk about sex toys for women. We even have a month on the awareness calendar dedicated to masturbation – yes May is Masturbation Month. We've come a long way from the belief that females don't have sex drives, or at the other extreme that we are should always be turned on like a porn star. Now you can find the best, most satisfying vibrators with the click of...

The concept was started in May 1995 by American Sex shop Good Vibrations. The focus was to raise awareness and promote masturbation as a healthy, safe, and natural way to express one's sexuality, thereby removing the shame and stigma. The move was in response to the US president at the time, Bill Clinton, firing the then surgeon-general Jocelyn Elders following a speech she gave at the 1994 United Nations World AIDS Day. Elders was asked by an audience member about masturbation as a way of discouraging risky sexual activity among young people. She responded, "I think it is something that...