Pleasure Gap – Dr. Holly Richmond https://drhollyrichmond.com Your Body. Your Mind. Your Health. Wed, 28 Jan 2026 21:34:09 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://drhollyrichmond.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/cropped-favicon-512px-32x32.png Pleasure Gap – Dr. Holly Richmond https://drhollyrichmond.com 32 32 Dame Champions the Future of Sexual Health with Advocacy, Expansion, and Education https://drhollyrichmond.com/dame-champions-the-future-of-sexual-health-with-advocacy-expansion-and-education/ Sun, 25 May 2025 19:09:58 +0000 https://drhollyrichmond.com/?p=2648 Originally published @ BusinessWire

By Dame

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With rapid expansion and a growing movement, Dame is setting a new standard in sexual wellness through new acquisitions, bold campaigns, and education

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dame, the brand pioneering sexual wellness, is taking a bold stand to protect and advance the future of women’s sexual health. With a commitment to education, advocacy, and accessibility, Dame launched the She’s Coming campaign, announced the acquisition of two wellness brands, and unveiled a clinical board to reinforce its mission.

In a strategic move that further cements its leadership in the sexual wellness industry, Dame has acquired brands such as Emojibator which broadens Dame’s portfolio, integrating the brand’s playful, pop culture inspired designs into its already diverse lineup. By bringing these brands under its umbrella, Dame reinforces its commitment to making sexual wellness more inclusive, accessible, and celebrated. This growth reflects a strong year for Dame, highlighted by a 63% increase in sales from 2023 to 2024.

This acquisition comes at a critical time for the sexual wellness industry, as access to pleasure products faces new challenges. In response to proposed legislation in Texas seeking to ban sex toys from grocery stores—a move that threatens accessibility and reinforces harmful stigmas—Dame is launching the She’s Coming campaign. This initiative directly confronts outdated policies, advocates for the right to pleasure, and works to destigmatize sexual wellness. As part of the campaign, Dame is partnering with Planned Parenthood to provide free condoms across Dallas for an entire year, ensuring that safe sex resources remain widely accessible. Additionally, to encourage consumer engagement, the brand is offering free Com wand vibrators to anyone who snaps a photo of the truck in the wild and tags @DameProducts on Instagram.

“The pleasure gap is real—our research shows that only 39% of women ‘usually’ or ‘always’ orgasm during sex, compared to 91% of men; this disparity is unacceptable,” said Alexandra Fine, CEO and founder of Dame. “By expanding our reach, acquiring innovative brands, and building a team of medical and sexual health experts, we are working to close that gap and ensure everyone has the resources and products they need to explore their pleasure confidently.”

Further emphasizing its commitment to prioritizing health and education, Dame also maintains a distinguished clinical board featuring Board-Certified OB/GYN Amy Novatt, MD, a Naturopathic Physician (ND) Aimée Gould Shunney, Certified Sex Therapist (CST) Holly Richmond, PhD, LMFT, and sex-positive Pelvic Health Physical Therapist Dr. Uchenna Ossai. Additionally, the brand is excited to welcome Shan Boodram as its first-ever Chief Pleasure Officer. As an AASECT Certified Sex and Relationship Educator, Boodram will lead efforts in fostering conversations around intimacy, wellness, and pleasure, ensuring Dame remains at the forefront of the sexual health movement.

Dame’s latest initiatives reinforce its unwavering commitment to ensuring sexual wellness remains accessible, respected, and prioritized. By challenging harmful legislation, expanding resources, and partnering with leading experts, Dame is leading the charge in empowering individuals to embrace their sexuality without shame or restriction.

To learn more, please visit Dame on Instagram @dameproducts and their website, dame.com

ABOUT DAME

Dame is leading a sexual wellness revolution as a women-powered resource for game-changing products for pleasure and supportive content. Through in-depth research, smart design, community input, and plenty of empathy, the Dame team has designed a line of exceptional tools to enhance sexual wellness for vulva-havers and their partners everywhere. Dame is not only revolutionizing toys for sex, but changing the way we experience, understand, and explore sexuality as part of holistic wellbeing. Since 2014, the team has opened doors that have long been closed to the sexuality industry, becoming a key player in the movement to bring pleasure to the forefront of wellness. For more information, visit www.dame.com

]]> The most underrated sex act? Sexperts say it’s time to bring this back into the bedroom https://drhollyrichmond.com/the-most-underrated-sex-act/ Fri, 10 Jan 2025 21:24:08 +0000 https://drhollyrichmond.com/?p=2668 Originally published @ New York Post

By Adriana Diaz

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Give your partner a hand.

As couples across America are said to be stuck battling “sexless January,” experts are saying it’s time to bring back a simple sex act some may not have tried since their teen years.

“The hand job definitely doesn’t happen enough in adult bedrooms,” Vanessa Marin, a licensed sex therapist, told Women’s Health.

“It’s a huge shame because a hand job is a great way to bring pleasure to your partner,” the nookie ninja nudged.

Consensus among the coitus cognoscenti appears to be that sexy stroking doesn’t just have to be used to get things going — it can even be the main event.

“We tend to think of hand jobs as something that comes before ‘sex,’ but remember, sex is what you want it to be and changes with each and every sexual experience,” Holly Richmond, certified sex therapist and somatic psychotherapist, told the outlet.

“Hand jobs can be a great way to tease as a prelude to oral or intercourse, or a great way to get off at the end,” she said.

To help horny hotties spice up their sex lives, the making-it mavens shared nearly thirty handy tips for handy j’s with Women’s Health.

For example — watching your partner masturbate and then matching their moves was encouraged, for those eager to grasp how to give your partner the best handjob.

Have your partner masturbate in front of you and take note of how they touch themselves. It will show you the speed and motion they enjoy and also likely get you going as well, Richmond said.

“For many, watching their partner masturbate is a huge turn-on,” she added.

And don’t be afraid to take things in hand, either.

“You can be a lot firmer than you think,” Marin urged.

To gauge how hard you should grip, the romance resource person recommends gripping the shaft and gradually increasing pressure asking your partner to tell if it gets to be too much.

Don’t be shy, either, the private parts pros urged in the fairly lengthy article — looking into your lover’s eyes is an intimate act that only adds to the close connection whether it be directly or through a mirror’s reflection, they said.

Make eye contact while you stroke your partner near a mirror and then allow them to watch themselves enjoy it and you pleasure themselves.

“Give your partner a great hand job while they’re looking in the mirror and can watch themself and you,” Richmond suggested.

“Many people are very turned on by watching themselves but are often too shy to ask, so suggest a little voyeuristic show.”

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