Have you ever wondered what the effects are if your toe touches a butt plug? How about your mouth engaging with feathers?
The University of Memphis sent an email to students that included a promotion for the SexPositive app – a sex education phone app.
The app provides information and advice about sex, including the effects of sex toys on various body parts.
SexPositive includes how to deal with sex related injuries, sexually transmitted infections and other safe sex practices. The app also has external links to provide the user with additional information on prevention.
The app also has videos on various topics, including on the anatomy of an orgasm. The app has 3.8 stars among Android users and does not have a rating for iPhones.
University Health 101, an outreach arm of U of M’s Health Center, emails students twice a month to provide information about health and wellness care, tutoring, career services and exercises. The mass email is only sent to subscribers but targets students. Their advertisements can also be found in bathroom stalls around campus.
“We have students subscribe and then sends a blast email to them,†said Jacqueline De Fouw, a nurse and health educator at the U of M.
This week’s addition was rather catchy. The red condom wrapper on the front page is seen first, along with a message informing readers they can enter a contest to win $1,000.
“Articles come from all different areas of student affairs,†said De Fouw. “The articles are written by students from around the world.â€
Each issue has a way to win money as an incentive to convince more students to read, De Fouw said.
Wednesday’s issue was focused on safe sex and getting proper consent before engaging in sexual activity. It answered common questions about using protection, having multiple partners and the importance of communication with sexual partners.
Along the right hand side of the article is an app review. This is where SexPositive makes it debut to U of M readers. Students at the University of Oregon originally created the app.
When the app is opened, a disclaimer immediately pops up warning the user about consent to engaging in sexual behaviors and having clear communication between partners. It also states all personal information “will not be tracked or shared by this app.â€
After clicking “continue,†a user can pick between two rotating rows of body parts and sexual toys to match up. Users can choose “spin again†which will randomly match a sex toy and a body part.
The top row offers eight options to chose from – finger, mouth, penis, toe, vagina, anus, breast and clitoris. The bottom row has 16 options to chose from, including all of the above, as well as food, restraints, stimulation gel or cream, stuffed animal, anal plug and vibrator.
Once a combination has been made, the user can learn more about STI risks, advice, safer sex practices and communication.
Each category informs the reader of STI symptoms and how to properly use a product and clean it.
