Modern Male Sex Toys (and Why They’re So Popular)

The sex toy market is enormous. In fact, in 2022 alone, it was worth an estimated $37.2 billion, and if sales trends continue, experts project that it will be worth almost $53 billion by 2050. And if we look at the raw numbers, we can see that the overwhelming majority of products that people buy are female sex toys.

It’s fairly obvious that men don’t buy sex toys as often as women do. However, there’s definitely a market for these products, and it’s growing steadily. There are lots of reasons behind this upward trend, not least of which is the shift in public perception. Even as late as a decade ago, men buying sex toys was considered taboo. However, in the 2020s, it’s perfectly normal and even acceptable behavior that men, much like ladies, like to spice up their pleasure time.

Of course, another major reason behind this shift is all of the innovation that male sex toys have undergone over the past few decades. In this article, we will take a look at what particular changes made these toys explode in popularity, with a special focus on realistic hand masturbators, colloquially known as pocket pussies.

The Advent of Male Sex Toys

Interactivity

For decades, men have enjoyed pornographic material purely as spectators. It was a fairly simple system: pick a video of your choice, watch it while pleasuring yourself, ejaculate, and go about your daily business. However, there were gentlemen out there who wanted to “feel” what they saw on screen. They yearned to enjoy that adult film star in the same way that their partner did in the video.

With that in mind, the next logical step was creating interactive male masturbators. These toys would vibrate on their own, with an intensity of your choice, but they also had an additional option. Namely, by using a state-of-the-art AI system, the toy could emulate anything on the adult video, moving with the same intensity and speed as the performer we’re watching. Not only does this contribute to the immersion in the video, but it also satisfies us in ways we’ve never felt before. Plus, if we combine these masturbators with VR technology, we get one of the best masturbating experiences, bar none.

App Integration

And speaking of state-of-the-art tech, no modern masturbator would be complete without an easy-to-use app. Earlier sex toys would often have several speed and intensity settings that we had to manually adjust. And that’s fine enough on its own, but it offers little in terms of variety.

With the new masturbators, we can use our smartphone to adjust anything from tightness to suction speed. All we need is to enable Bluetooth and to have a fully charged phone battery. But there are added benefits to using apps. For instance, we can save particular settings for future masturbation sessions. In addition, we can even share those settings with our partner so they can help pleasure us remotely. And depending on the device and the app, there are even stats and data we can observe to see what types of sessions work best for us.

Suction and Airflow

Proper airflow is the key element of most male masturbators. We need to allow enough air to enter and exit the crevice if we want to feel any kind of pleasure. The lack of air, for example, is going to make it incredibly difficult to thrust the penis inside.

So, how do modern masturbation devices solve this air issue? Well, toys like fleshlights usually have airflow caps that we can adjust. By turning them one way or the other, we regulate how much air actually enters or exits the fleshlight.

Some masturbators also come with an air hole at the top. Normally, this hole remains exposed throughout the session. However, we can decrease the flow of air by covering the opening with our finger. It’s a fairly simple system, but it works extremely well, and the results are spectacular.

Easy Cleanup

Hygiene is the top priority of any male masturbator manufacturer, as well as the users themselves. With that in mind, in 2023, we’ll get some of the most realistic sex toys that are also incredibly easy to clean. All we have to do is turn them inside-out and rinse away all the fluids. On top of that, most top brands use materials like silicone that’s fairly easy to clean and dries quickly. But more importantly, it’s durable and will endure hundreds of uses and just as many washes.

The Ins and Outs of Modern Pocket Pussies

Over the past few years, pocket pussies have become incredibly popular, and for good reasons. Unlike fleshlights, they tend to be more flexible and come in a variety of shapes and sizes. And as is the case with most male masturbation devices, they also saw a lot of innovation and development over the past few decades. Therefore, let’s delve a bit deeper into why these sex toys are a lot of gentlemen’s first choice when it comes to pleasure at home.

Types of Pocket Pussies

In the early days, pocket pussies usually consisted of nothing but a long, elastic, silicone tube that ended with a realistic vagina opening. That design works well enough on its own, but the market has demanded change. And change did occur — nowadays, we have such variety in pocket pussies that they are almost difficult to categorize. Here are a few pocket pussy types as a sample of said variety:

• Vibrating pocket pussies
• App-connected vibrating pocket pussies
• Strokers
• Hands-free pocket pussies
• Mouth pocket pussies
• Anus pocket pussies
• Pocket pussies with alien or monster designs
• Pocket pussies modeled after famous pornstars

Best Materials

Broadly speaking, TPE (elastomer) and silicone are the most common materials still used to make pocket pussies. Of the two, we definitely recommend silicone over TPE, for several reasons. Firstly, silicone is non-porous. Therefore, none of the grime, dirt, or other materials can penetrate its surface. As such, it is incredibly easy to clean and maintain.

Next, unlike TPE, silicone is not sensitive to heat. So, if we want to sterilize a silicone sex toy, we only need to soak it in boiling water. Alternatively, we can heat it up to increase the pleasure, making the orifice feel like a real vagina.

Finally, silicone is quite durable and doesn’t wear out like TPE. In other words, we can use silicone pocket pussies for a long time before we have to think about replacing them.

Features to Focus On

When shopping around for pocket pussies, we will want to pay attention to the basic features, such as size, shape, tightness, and materials. But there are others we ought to look for if we want quality masturbation time.

Possibly the most sought-after feature nowadays is the hands-free function. To put it simply, men want a masturbator that simulates the real vagina, and if they can control it at a tap of a button, it’s worth the money. Lots of modern pocket pussies come with native apps that let us choose the settings, speed, and intensity of each session. Furthermore, a lot of them have the option to connect to a different phone. Therefore, if we’re in a long-distance relationship, our partner can enjoy stimulating us even without actual physical contact.

Male Sex Toys Summarized

Overall, as modern technology grew, our understanding of sex and masturbation increased. With the current options for male sex toys on the market, anyone can enjoy a bit of sensual time alone and feel as if they’re having fun with a real vagina. And considering how much money experts are investing in new technology, these sex toys for gentlemen are not going away any time soon.

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