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Best cheap sex toys to get your kicks

Source: Sex Education

Pleasure has gone luxe in recent years, with high-tech gadgets from LELO, WeVibe and Babeland recharging the sex toy market with their snazzy squeal-inducing designs.

Yet, as much as we'd love to, not all of us can justify dropping more than £100 on a sex toy - especially since masturbation is still considered fairly taboo, even in today’s ‘woke’ climate.

New research from LELO reveals that 46 per cent of British men have used a male sex toy, either solo or with their partner, yet 59 per cent would not even discuss the topic with male friends and 20 per cent dismissed the use of them as ‘weird.’

Self-pleasure is also a touchy subject among (pun fully intended). According to research by , only 39 per cent of women are satisfied with their sex lives (side note: men, do better) but 79 per cent

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