How Do Adult Stores Really Work? A Look Behind the Scenes
What Do Customers Expect from an Adult Store Today? Three Perspectives from Germany. After taking a closer look at international adult stores and the adult industry in Singapore, Poland, Kazakhstan and Latvia in the first part of our series, we now turn our attention to Germany. Here too, the industry is undergoing significant change. Online […]
How Do Adult Stores Really Work? A Look Behind the Scenes
Adult stores have long become part of the retail landscape in many countries. Yet ideas of what a modern adult store should look like differ significantly from one market to another. While some customers value personal advice above all else, others prioritise discretion, digital services or specific product categories. At the same time, attitudes towards […]
Monogamy vs. Polyamory
Is Monogamy Still the Default? Hayley Folk on Redefining Love, Trust and Commitment For generations, monogamy has been seen as the natural foundation of love and partnership. From fairy tales to wedding vows, society has long celebrated the idea of finding one person to share a lifetime with. Yet as the world around us changes, […]
More Than Sex Ed: Lea Holzfurtner on Pleasure, Language, and the Art of Meeting Yourself
Lea Holzfurtner is a psychological counselor, certified sex coach, and one of the voices reshaping how we think about sexuality. Direct, informed, and refreshingly shame-free. On Instagram, she shares knowledge with ease, humor, and conviction. It’s never just about sex, but always about language, self-image, and relationships. In her work, she supports people who want […]
Behind the Subscription: A Conversation with Michael & Tim Overdick on Closeness, Visibility and OnlyFans
What is OnlyFans, really? Between Social Media and Paywall Few platforms have stirred as much debate in recent years as OnlyFans. In the headlines it is often reduced to nudity and fast money, but the reality goes deeper: it represents an entirely new form of digital intimacy. Where Instagram runs on algorithms and TikTok on […]
Tinder Killed Dating – and No One Noticed
Maybe you’ve noticed it yourself: Modern dating on apps like Tinder doesn’t feel like truly getting to know someone anymore. Instead, it’s more and more about endless swiping. Quickly to the right if you’re interested, quickly to the left if you’re not. This behavior even has its own name: doomswiping. But what exactly is behind […]
30 Years of Change in Sexuality, Self-Love and Education
Not only has pjur evolved over the past 30 years, but so have the topics of sexuality, self-love, and education. We are all approaching these aspects of love more openly than ever before, paying better attention to ourselves, and there is a much greater acceptance of diverse expressions of sexuality. Information on these topics is […]
How everything began: Why does pjur exist?
Are you a pjur fan who uses our products regularly? Then you already know about us pretty well. But do you really know everything about the pjur brand? Do you know how everything began and that pjur was the first company to bring a silicone-based lubricant to the market? No? We want to explain more […]
Fear of Intimacy: When Painful Sex Impacts Your Intimate Life
In most of our relationships, there is one emotion that can have a massive impact on our life in a mysterious and powerful way: fear of intimacy. The causes are highly complex and those affected can suffer from one or more of them. Fear of intimacy can express itself in many ways – from an […]
Is Sexual Freedom Possible in a Monogamous Relationship?
Monogamy is a widespread romantic ideal and a social norm that is everyone’s goal in many cultures. True to the motto: in love, engaged, married – until death do us part. But is this concept now outdated? How can sexual freedom be compatible with this relationship model? And do we even have to let social […]