Intimacy

It turns out it’s not so uncommon, especially considering there are no regulations surrounding sex toy functionality and safety, according to Raven Faber, founder of EngErotics in Westminster. In a $30 billion sex toy industry monopolized by people who look nothing like her, Faber, a Black woman, set out to change the stigma around intimacy devices. She leveraged her engineering career to develop not only better…

    Takeaway: As a trained engineer, Raven Faber has put quality internal components and design at the forefront of EngErotics, her sex toy business. Tech, says EngErotics founder and CEO Raven Faber, is a word that has historically been associated with men. Cis gendered, white men. “But we’ve carved a space,” Faber said. Faber knows what it’s like to be in that space. In addition to running…