February 08, News » Business. Published February 8, at a. Updated February 9, at p. In this case, their duty is not to rain down destruction but to deliver sexual pleasure. Nearby, a center table holds more than 20 vibrators, from the smooth green, leaf-like Wave to the multipronged Rabbit. There are suction toys for clitoral stimulation and masturbation sleeves with different interior textures to upgrade the habitual hand job. Another shelf holds butt plugs — some quiver, some don't — in an array of sizes.
One has an "arm" that stretches across the perineum, the area between the anus and the scrotum or the vulva. Perineum play, it turns out, is a thing. This brick-and-mortar erotica emporium is a unique retail entry in the Queen City. Its curated array of products embraces sex-positive pleasure seekers of all stripes — any gender identity, sexual orientation or proclivity for kink — who are at least age Hankes, 37, has trained as a sex educator and emphasizes sexual wellness, safety, information, and accessibility for marginalized groups and people with disabilities.
She approaches her business with a frankness that's meant to make customers comfortable with carnality. Hankes' space is bright and airy, with lush green plants and huge front windows.
The exposed-brick walls hold artwork, including a framed poster depicting various vulvas. Among the handcuffs and nipple clamps is a line of leather products by Fairfax-based Dark Desires Vermont, including sensuous woven floggers, slap straps and bundles of rope dyed in jewel tones. The suction sensation, using air pressure to excite, only hit the sex toy scene about a decade ago, Hankes said. The shop offers a selection of gaffs, tuckers and binders — undergarments with which individuals can comfortably camouflage genitalia and breasts.
Packers let someone without male anatomy have the sensory experience of a phallus. A mini stroker called a Shot Pocket gives someone with a clitoris the sensation of masturbating the way a person with a penis would. She and her partner, year-old Dina Retik, dropped by the shop on a January evening to check out the Rose as a replacement for her Satisfyer Pro 2 suction toy, which has 13 intensity settings.
