Solo Sexual Injuries Increased After “Fifty Shades Of Grey” Gotta be more careful ! Via Washington Post : The number of Americans requiring emergency room care for injuries involving sex toys has approximately doubled since 2007, according to data from the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Much of that increase happened in 2012 and 2013, following the release of the wildly popular erotic novels in the Fifty Shades of Grey series. And the overwhelming majority of these injuries — 83 percent — require “foreign body removals.” The CPSC has tracked ER visits related to “massage devices and vibrators” going back to 1991. Until the early 2000s, there were a small number of these injuries each year — hence, the lighter shaded bars in the chart above represent low-confidence estimates. But around 2003, the number of these injuries surpassed the agency’s significance threshold, giving a greater degree of confidence in the numbers for the years after 2004. Most of the injuries aren’t terribly severe, although some are. Seventy one percent of patients are treated and released, while 25 percent require hospitalization or transfer to a different facility. A handful end up refusing treatment. Some good news: none of the cases required assistance from the fire department, and there were zero deaths recorded. Don’t you all go out there getting any ideas if you see the movie this weekend…pace yourself with the freaky isht!
