Lessons from the US's largest sex toy factory

Both outside, in the 90 F air that's settled into North Hollywood, and inside, where liquid elastomer and PVC are being heated to 300 F in large ovens, then hand-poured into copper molds of dildos. You think your bedroom is where the magic happens? Try this 215,000-square-foot behemoth of an operation where, every day, 15,000 toys roll down the production line, ready to supply millions of orgasms. I see no smirks or giggles from the nearly 300 employees working the line as they inspect freshly made nine-inch Ballsy Super C--s or smooth the ends of fake-vagina sleeves. Because producing pleasure is no laughing matter: This is a 15 billion dollar industry that's expected to reach 52 billion by 2020 -- a growth that's due, in part, to more normalizing toy talk in media (think Broad City's episode about pegging).