When we first launched this site, our fabulous readers and customers – you all! – sent us lots of awesome questions about our products and latex and general. In particular, there were a couple of questions which we kept seeing over and over again: What is latex made of? Is latex different from rubber? Is it safe for humans to wear? Is it dangerous to the environment?

Let’s start with a visual experiment.

Take a break from reading our fascinating articles for just a moment. Stand up. Go on a leisurely walk into your bedroom – or whatever room you happen to sleep in. Then, look at the mattress. We don’t mean a brief glimpse. Take the sheets and comforters off and really look. Pay special attention to the spot where you tend to sleep. Do you notice any sagging? Maybe even a full impression in the shape of your sleeping body?

There is no piece of furniture or part of the home connected more intimately to sex than the bed. It is both the place where steamy play sessions can occur and the place where you can cuddle in one another’s arms after finishing. Romance novels are constantly choosing language that emphasizes the bed’s importance – “he took her to bed” “they fell together onto the bed”. The verb “to bed” has even come to mean “to have sex with!”

If you’ve ever been on a camping trip, spent the night at a friend’s house, or even slept on your own back porch to enjoy a warm summer evening, you’ve probably made use of a sleeping bag before. A long bag, covering you from head to toe, filled with cozy padding to keep you warm as the nighttime temperatures dropped – what connection, you might ask, could such an item ever have to fetishes, bondage, or latex?

When most people think about latex, they associate it with words such as sleek, shiny, and tight. A “standard” catsuit or enclosure suit snugly embraces the body, highlighting and emphasizing every curve and angle of the human form.