A sex educator pushes back against lube shaming, explaining why lubrication matters for comfort and safety with toys and anal play. She warns that glycerin-based products can cause thrush, recommends the brand YES! for glycerin-free formulas, and offers a 20% discount code.
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Talk about lube, and in particular, I want to talk about lube shaming. Lube shaming is when I hear from women mainly, "I don't need lube because I'm just so wet all the time. I don't need that." What's the purpose of saying that? Because you know what? Nobody needs to be ashamed of using lube. And in fact, there are so many reasons to use lube. Let's talk about those many reasons. One is If you're using toys that are internal, you gotta use lube 'cause it's just gonna make you feel better. If you want to make everything slippery and nice down there, add some lube. If you wanna go up the back door, lube is essential, right? Lube is just one of those things that you should always have because you never know when it's gonna come in handy. But not all lube is the same. My brand of choice is by a company called YES! They're based in the UK. This is the water-based version. There's also a plant-based version. I think it's an awesome product. It's totally organic. It's got no nasties like glycerin, which is the main one you gotta watch out for in your lube that can create a kind of not very nice environment down there and in some cases causes thrush. But YES will definitely not do that. They do water-based, they do plant-based, they do a lovely moisturizer. It's a lovely product. And if you go on the YES website and you put in the promo code SEXADVICE4SENIORS, you will get 20% off. You can thank me later.