Who doesn’t love adding a little spice to their love life with some toys? Whether using them alone or with a partner, adding sex toys to your repertoire has become easily accessible. However once upon a time they weren’t even available. Can you imagine living in this travesty? So how did vibrators come to be, and what was life like before our favorite little bullets?
In the 19th century women who suffered from anxiety, mild depression, fatigue, or abdominal pain were diagnosed with “hysteria.” Hello, anyone ever heard of PMS? This medical condition was attributed to a problem within the uterus, and so a pelvic massage was prescribed. These pelvic massages became a routine part of doctors daily work. Essentially, women went to the doctor to get fingered into orgasm. This “work” was deemed tedious, boring, and physically demanding on the doctors. Nice to see some things don’t change when it comes to men getting a woman off.
And so, Dr. J. Mortimer Granville created an invention that would do the work for him. Typical! But luckily for women, this invention soon took off and was made available for personal purchase and targeted towards anyone and everyone. Buying a vibrator was not only now available, but it held no stigma at all. Imagine that? Unfortunately for woman today, those pelvic massages were debunked in the 20th century. Shortly after grew the taboo of owning a vibrator. Too bad though, I know I would have been more than happy to visit a doctor if I was getting off every time.
If you are interested in a funny and sexy portrayal of our electronic lovers creation and application, check out the movie Hysteria. Starring the incomparably sexy Maggie Gyllenhaal. It is a movie you won’t want to miss if the topic peeks your curiosities.
