dangerouslilly:

An on-going sex-toy-myth-busting battle I deal with weekly is the myth that silicone toys can never, ever touch in storage or they’ll “melt”.

I created a jar of silicone toys years ago to help combat this, and to contrast with the Melted Jar of Horrors that is PVC and TPR toys. But one mason jar of silicone doesn’t seem to cut it.

Last week in my kitchen a lightbulb went off. I realized how many silicone kitchen utensils exist – the lids for your Rubbermaid containers; ice cube trays; baking pans; hot pads and trivets; spatulas and turners and scrapers oh my; cupcake cups and egg poaching cups; pinch bowls and collapsible bowls. These items touch and mingle in our drawers and on the store shelves with nary a problem.

Yet, somehow, people don’t seem to be putting 2 and 2 together. Many of our sex toys are made from an even better quality silicone than some of the cheaper kitchen tools, yet you don’t see these kitchen tools come with warnings about storage. They don’t tend to be packaged for separation on the shelves, either. At most they have a cardboard sleeve around part of it, for utility’s sake, but that’s about it.

Between my house and a kitchen store, look at all these silicone things, mingling and touching and storing for months and years! No problems!

Of all the materials that people can make sex toys out of, silicone is one of the best. I can teach you how to tell if it’s not actually silicone; it can be had for cheap, despite what some manufacturers have been trying to tell us and still be high quality (unlike metal or glass). It can be sanitized. It can be firm or squishy, black, white, clear or 16 different colors at once.

And yes, it can mingle. You can throw em all in a giant tub and all will be fine. Believe me yet? Check out the links in this post to learn more, and spread the education!