Have you ever wondered how your great grand-parents had sex? Or, just maybe you have chosen to believe that sex started in the 1960s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well, if the former is the case, then we totally understand why you have had to wonder this long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s very easy to assume that our ancestors were strictly religious people who would shake and shiver or be red with anger at the mere sight of a bare shoulder and ankle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, in reality, people have always been in search for simple ways to get themselves off for centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You are about to follow us on a journey through time as we expose you to everything you probably never knew about the history of sex toys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, rumor has it has that archaeologists were once in Germany, digging through an ancient cave when they came across an 8-inch long pointed object created from siltstone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This sexy discovery was polished to perfection, and we assure you that it looked remarkably like a penis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This discovery is somewhere around 28,000 years old<\/a>, and it could most likely be the oldest dildo to have ever been found. Similar objects that are made out of bone, stone, and even teeth have been discovered in caves as well as other essential items such as combs and sewing needles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nevertheless, we are aware that our ancient friends, known for wine-drinking, always philosophizing, and sex-positivity (We are talking about the Ancient Greeks) were no strangers to dildos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The ancient playwright called Aristophane wrote a comedy called Lysistrata in 411 BC. The comedy tells the story of a group of women who attempt to put an end to the Peloponnesian War by refusing to engage in sexual intercourse until the men put an end to the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The ladies openly discuss about their sex toys<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Have you been looking for ways to spice up your love life? According to the ancient Roman writer Pliny the Elder (23-79 AD), the use of vulture lungs and bat\u2019s blood were a great aphrodisiac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Around 1200 AD, in Ancient China, cock rings and jade butt plugs<\/a> were made out of goat eyelids and also used to heighten sexual pleasure and to spice up married life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Dr. Bronach Kane, a Lecturer in Medieval History at Cardiff University mentioned that sex toys<\/a> were frequently used by women in the middle ages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kane says that sex toys of different kinds were produced during the Middle Ages, mostly by women and for women. She adds that while masturbation was mostly frowned upon and penance was given for both sexes, women\u2019s use of detachable instruments for sexual pleasure triggered particular anxiety for both civic authorities and churchmen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Back in the 1800s, things were weird when it came to women as people seemed to assume that virtually any issue that a lady had \u2013 be it migraine or irritability \u2013 was caused by \u2018hysteria.\u2019 Hysteria\u2019 is a word in Greek that means \u201csuffering uterus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The belief at the time was that the womb would begin to wander around a woman\u2019s body and go further to wreak havoc on her sensibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The symptoms of wandering womb symptoms include anxiety, irritability, insomnia, restlessness, and \u2013 god forbid \u2013 hot sexual fantasies<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the time, hysteria had no known permanent cure, and so \u2018treatment\u2019 would have to be carried out every few months, weeks, or days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The treatment for hysteria at the time was \u2018pelvic massage.\u2019 Doctors made sure to insist that it had nothing at all to do with sex, but pelvic massages often resulted in what is called a \u2018hysterical paroxysm\u2019 \u2013 or what we currently know as a screaming orgasm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Initially, this was done by hand, but then the service became very common, and physicians began to complain of hand cramps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 1869, an American doctor called George Taylor had the idea of making a steam-powered \u2018Manipulator\u2019 machine \u2013 a table that has a vibrating ball in the middle \u2013 which was strong enough to perform the hard work, so that physicians didn\u2019t have to do it with their hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This large machine was good enough for the hospital, but it wasn\u2019t practical for home use. This wasn\u2019t so bad because in 1880, the British physician known as Joseph Mortimer Granville patented the first electric vibrator in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For the next 6 decades, vibrating devices were made available, but they were not entirely associated with sex. If we should go by the history of vibrators, you will be convinced that it isn\u2019t accurate to refer to vibrators as sex toys<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is because from Victorian times all through the 1940s or so, vibrators were not old for the purpose of sex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These devices were marketed as healthcare devices that just coincidentally happened to trigger orgasm if you knew the right places to apply the vibration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Still, there is no proof that people who owned these toys knew that they could trigger orgasm (but there\u2019s no proof either that they didn\u2019t).<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20th-century sex toys<\/a> were also not sold as pleasure items but as home-care appliances and could be purchased from your local pharmacy, shop, or via mail order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These devices were innocent toys in the same way that you can consider a shower massager a sex<\/a> toy. Pretty innocent, yeah? Right!<\/p>\n\n\n\n As time passed and people became more open about their sexuality, especially in the \u201860s, they also began to recognize female masturbation, and for the first time, a female-run sex-positive adult toy shop was opened in 1974 in the USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Social acceptance and technological advancement was all it took to bring sex toys<\/a> to the point they have reached in today\u2019s world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, sex is an openly discussed subject, and so is self-pleasure and same-sex relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Today, things have become much easier as sex toys can easily be purchased online, and even on the high street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With the availability of various kinds of vibrators, clitoral pleasers, suction toys, and even life-like sex robots, we can agree that sex toys<\/a> are becoming even more futuristic by the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Let\u2019s not forget that there is VR to look out for, just in case it finds its way into the sex toy<\/a> industry (Imagine what VR sex with toys would be like, DAMN!!!).<\/p>\n\n\n\nVulture Lungs And Bats Blood: Medieval Marital Aids<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hysteria And The subsequent Evolution Of The Victorian Vibrator<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Sex Toys In The 20th Century<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What we have to say about the Future Of Sex Toys<\/h2>\n\n\n\n