Despite common belief, adult marital aids don't have to be sex toys. Adult marital aids are anything aid in the marital bliss for the sexual relationship. Kama Sutra (KamaSutra) videos, KamaSutra books all can be classified as adult marital aids.

Some adult marital aids sex toys aid the man's erection, stimulate the female genitals to become more sensitive or provide a different feel to 'normal' sex. Other adult marital aids sex toys provide an 'environment' for variations in sex, for example so called orgy bed sheets. Sometimes they are used to help a person who has difficulty with unaided sex to achieve sexual satisfaction. However most adult marital aids sex toys provide a new way to directly stimulate the male or female genitals to achieve sexual satisfaction.