Speaking of great writing, RH Reality Check has had some really eye opening pieces lately. Their articles are long and wordy, but super informative and usually pretty trustworthy. I highly recommend subscribing to their feed if you have the time to read their extensive articles. I usually just read a few a day and only the first few paragraphs unless something really strikes my fancy. What can I say? I’m the MTV generation and have no attention span.
One of the articles I found to be rather compelling is Risky Business: Pregnant in America which talks about the high maternal mortality rates in this country. For such a rich country it is absolutely appalling that there are 40 other countries with lower maternal mortality rates than ours. Who says that carrying a baby for 9 months and then giving birth isn’t a burden on a woman’s body? Especially in this country where prenatal care is too costly for those without insurance and c-sections are performed in dangerously high percentages.
In Slow Death by Rubber Duck: What we don’t see can hurt us the author talks about all the hazardous chemicals we come across in our daily lives. These include things like baby bottles, canned foods, and tuna fish sandwiches. What is so obviously missing in the lists of harmful objects is sex toys. The article talks about how the FDA isn’t doing enough to ban harmful products, but doesn’t mention at all that the FDA doesn’t even regulate sex toys at all because they aren’t deemed worthy of their time. Most sex toys are classified as a novelty item and therefore are not meant to be put inside of one’s body. Uh … yeah. That’s bad news especially when you consider the report Greenpeace did a few years ago that measured the level of phthalates in sex toys and came out with some scary results. This is why it is so important to only buy sex toys from companies that are reputable.
This is why I mainly have silicone, metal and glass!
I can’t imagine how some people will just buy any old thing and stick it in themselves without researching the materials, blindly trusting the companies to only make safe products. I researched for quite a long time before I bought my first dildo to make sure I was getting something that wouldn’t hurt me!
Well Lanthir, some people just don’t know any better. I was one of those people when I was younger. I think most people just assume that most products are safety tested before they are sold in the US. There’s not enough education, and definitely not enough sex education.