HILLSBOROUGH, N. Car.—Veteran adult product retailer Adam & Eve and its website adameve.com are once again delivering information on Americans' sex toy habits. The results derived from their latest poll reveal how often people clean their sex toys—and the results may shock.
While nearly 58 percent of those polled (49 percent of the males vs. 65 percent of the females) said they clean their sex toys after every use, 33 percent of the respondents (40 percent of the males and 26 percent of the females) said they never clean their sex toys. Nearly 10 percent of those surveyed (11 percent of the males and nearly 9 percent of the females) said they clean their sex toys every once in a while.
Interestingly, when compared to Adam & Eve’s 2016 survey, which asked the same question, these numbers have not improved much. At that time, 63 percent of respondents (57 percent of the males and 70 percent of the females) said they cleaned their sex toys after every use. Nearly 28 percent (36 percent of the males and 19 percent of the females) said they never cleaned their toys. And 9 percent of those polled (7 percent of the males and 11 percent of the females) said they cleaned their toys every once in a while.
“I can’t stress how important it is to clean your sex toys after each use,” advised Dr. Jenni Skyler, resident sexologist at Adam & Eve. “Besides helping your toys last longer, this prevents the spread of infection. Most toys include cleaning instructions, and there are numerous toy cleansers available.”
“Adam & Eve carries a wide variety of adult toys and cleansers to meet a wide variety of personal preferences and needs,” noted Chad Davis, director of marketing for Adam & Eve.
The web-based survey, conducted by an independent third party survey company, of over 1,000 American adults age 18 and up, was sponsored by Adam & Eve to study sexual preferences and practices.
For more information about Adam & Eve, visit its website, adameve.com.
