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Bonding
Shaz Bennett

United States

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We were all pretty open to the plan - you know, we've all read "Our Bodies, Ourselves" and Anaïs Nin.

This very ordinary woman walked in with a couple of suitcases and proceeded to set up her stage area. After a short introduction, she started to show her wares, everything from flavored condoms to whips. Some of the items needed a little instruction. But while some of this was educational, like the part about toothy blowjobs and how men don't like that, I have to admit that not much of it was terribly erotic.

All the items I wanted were quite expensive so I wasn't really planning on buying anything. I did jot down a few items I might buy myself online for Valentine's Day.

But the important part of this story happened at the end of her show. There wasn't a big flurry of purchasing and I think she was a little pissed. Honestly, I think most of us already had the staple items she was selling and the fetish items weren't really that appealing.

We still weren't buying, so she decided to use her limited understanding of science and explain oxytocin and its effect on women. Oxytocin is a chemical released by the brain and sent through the body by women when they are having an orgasm. Now, I've heard of oxytocin. In fact, the only other time it's released by a woman is when she is breastfeeding her child, which is thought to affect the bonding process of mother to child.
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