Lubrication has come a long way since petroleum jelly or KY. From the mid 1990′s forward, there have been more new personal lubrication options available each year than there are visible stars in the night sky. Yet strangely, lube still isn’t getting the credit it deserves. From a masturbation aid to a stimulant to a plain old…well…lubricant, I’ve never met a single sexually active person who hasn’t benefited at least occasionally from its use.
And yet, like so many things associated with sex in our puritanical society, lube gets an undeserved bad name. From the connotation that personal lubrication is only useful for sticking something somewhere it wasn’t designed to go to the equally damning misconception that one shouldn’t need it “if the plumbing works”, lube is one product that can’t seem to get a fair shake.
