Duane Ward
Duane Ward
Occupation: Owner of Next Level Adult Dolls
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
The Sex In My Business: My business provides people with high quality sex dolls for masturbation and companionship, which is a rapidly advancing industry.
A Typical Day: I handle almost everything right now from importing the dolls to quality control, as well as photography and shipping. I enjoy my days, especially when I get feedback that clients are happy and the sex is great! I love bringing this kind of satisfaction to people’s lives.
The Best Part: My favorite part of this job is the photography. Dressing and putting the dolls in position is fun! I see it as playing with big, sexy Barbie dolls. All this business has to offer is great and I am happy my products make good sex and enjoyment available to everyone.
The Worst Part: I always seem to run into at least one rude person at every exposition I attend. At a show in Vancouver, for example, a person came up and face slapped one of the dolls, which was completely disrespectful. Thankfully, almost all the rest of the people are great!
How I Got Here: I got into this line of work by chance after looking for a new business to start. I did a lot of research and was intrigued by these dolls. After about six months of study and research, I went all in.
What Society Thinks: As with all new things, people have mixed feelings about my line of work. Most think what I do is ok, while others think it is creepy or weird. I see the dolls as a very fancy sex toy, no different than a vibrator. My family accepts my line of work and my mother is the most supportive. My father took a while to come around, but now he jokes, “Hey son you still playing the vinyl?” Yes pops, I am still playing the vinyl!
When I’m Not At Work: When I am not working I like to care for and spend time with my two dogs. I am an avid stereo guy that has an addiction to amplifiers and big speakers. I also like to spend time on the water fishing with my father.
Published in Issue VII: Art