Many people do not know the history or origins of sex toys. Many people believe they have Asian roots. After all, the Ben Wa Balls are Asian. However, sex toys actually have their roots in other cultures. The Greeks sold dildos made of wood or leather many years ago. They were not very pleasurable to use and the only type of lubrication they had available was olive oil.
Around the middle of the 1800’s, rubber dildos were brought into existence. These dildos were more like the dildos that are available today. Later in the 1800’s, vibrators were invented. The vibrator was used for massage and was thus camouflaged from the social stigma of being a sexual apparatus. Vibrators were used to treat a female condition called “hysteria”. The symptoms of this condition were irritability, sexual fantasies, pelvic heaviness, uterus anxiety, and excessive lubrication. We know today that these "symptoms" are actually related to female sexual arousal. But remember, in the Victorian era, females were not considered sexual. To treat this condition of "female hysteria", doctors would use a vibrator and massage the clitoris. The resulting relief was called "paroxysm" which is actually an orgasm.
In the mid 1800’s, health spas began to offer water jets and steam powered vibrators. Then, in the early 1900’s electrical powered vibrators were invented. However, they were still mostly only sold to physicians. This all changed when the big catalogs and magazines started to advertise vibrators to the public. In 1918 Sears & Roebuck advertised a vibrator as being very satisfactory and an aid every woman appreciates. In 1921 another magazine urged men to buy them for their wives to keep them young and pretty and free from hysteria.
The old blue movies from the 1920’s changed the social view of vibrators permanently. The blue movies showed women using the vibrators for sexual stimulation and thus removed the camouflage that vibrators were only for massage and treatment of medical conditions. The ending result was seen in the 1930’s when vibrators were no longer advertised.
Today, sex toys still carry a social stigma. Some states have laws restricting the possession and use of sex toys. Many online sex toy stores allow for private and discreet shopping by shipping the sex toys in an unmarked box. Sex toys are not just for individual pleasure, but also for bringing new and exciting sexual adventures for couples.
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