Women-Focused Sexual Wellness Brands Are Getting Cock-Blocked

“Brands promoting women’s sexual health — from vaginal dryness to orgasm equality — are challenged at every turn to gain access, exposure and acceptance,” Gaines said.

Gaines and many of her cohorts allege that companies marketing toward their cis-gender male counterparts don’t face these same issues, even in the mainstream media and in public advertising spaces when it comes to selling things like erectile dysfunction medication or cis-male-focused sex toys.