{"id":51,"date":"2024-01-26T12:18:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T11:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.belupa.com\/?p=51"},"modified":"2024-05-13T12:18:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T10:18:36","slug":"history-of-sextoys-at-a-glance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belupa.com\/blog\/en\/history-of-sextoys-at-a-glance\/","title":{"rendered":"History Of Sextoys &#8211; At a Glance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.belupa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fallo-vindolandia-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39\" style=\"width:384px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belupa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fallo-vindolandia-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/belupa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fallo-vindolandia-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/belupa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fallo-vindolandia-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/belupa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fallo-vindolandia.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">[2]. 2000 yr old Vindolanda Wooden Phallus discovered in Northumberland in 1992.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Could people have been using sex toys 28,000 years ago? Quite possibly, according to an article from the Independent [1]. The article describes a 28,000 year old stone- sculpted phallus that was discovered in a cave in Germany. It also describes a more \u201crecent\u201d wooden object found at a Roman site in Northumberland. The Roman phallus was apparently originally catalogued as a \u201cdarning tool\u201d (I do love a good euphemism), but on further inspection it was suggested that it may be \u201cthe only known life-sized Roman dildo\u201d, or\u2026\u2026. \u201ca pestle\u201d.Check out the image and you can decide for yourself! It certainly puts a new twist on the social media trend of last year to ask &#8211; How often do&nbsp;<strong><em>you<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;think of ancient Rome?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, an exhibition that ran at the Asian art museum in San Francisco in 2017 [3] included \u201ctwo Bronze dildos that could be worn and were sculpted in fine detail\u201d [4]. Thought to be a fairly common possession of elites at the time, the two phalluses displayed in the exhibition were taken from tombs in Jiangsu. The tombs date to China\u2019s Han Dynasty (2nd Century BCE).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in Europe the popularity of dildos supposedly continued for centuries. A search of the online etymology dictionary attributes one description of dildo, \u201cartificial penis used for female gratification\u201d, to the 1590\u2019s [5]. The origin of the word itself is not known, but there seem to be variations of the word in a number of old European languages (including dillidoun \u201ca darling\/a pet\u201d in Middle English and dilla \u201cto lull\u2019 in Old Norse). One suggestion for its origin includes the Italian word Diletto, meaning delight (Another wonderful Euphemism)! Art and poetry that include dildos have been found from ancient Greece and Roman times [2] and apparently, in addition to world famous art, dildos made of leather, stone, ivory or wood were fashioned in Renaissance Italy [6].<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"467\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.belupa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/vaso-antico.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47\" style=\"width:307px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belupa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/vaso-antico.jpg 467w, https:\/\/belupa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/vaso-antico-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br>[7]. A woman with a dildo. Red figure amphora attributed to the Flying-Angel Painter c.\u2009490 BC; City of Paris Museum of Fine Arts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Of course, dildos are not the only sex toy to have a long history. According to a Psychology Today article [8], that describes a timeline of sex toy invention, Penis extenders made from wood, leather, ivory or metal are mentioned in the Kama Sutra in 300AD. In addition Ben Wa balls have evolved across Asia from a tool to increase men\u2019s pleasure to be used also in pelvic floor strengthening and pleasure by women (now known as a kegel ball). Also in Asia, Chinese men supposedly used penis rings made from goat eyelids in the 1200\u2019s (would not be my first choice, but I guess you work with what you\u2019ve got) and later, in the 1600\u2019s, this evolved to a ring made from ivory (better) and fashioned with ornate dragon carvings to become the first penis ring equipped with clitoral stimulator (much better).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then of course there is the history of the vibrator to consider. Vibrators have inspired some of the wildest historical theories of all. From the idea that Cleopatra invented the first vibrator by trapping bees in a wooden box (ouch) [9], to the invention of the electric vibrator by a British Physician trying to cure \u201cHysteria\u201d in Victorian times (1880\u2019s). The suggestion that vibrators were invented by tired doctors to replace manual clitoral massage to induce \u201cparoxysm\u201d (aka orgasm) in hysterical women [10] is not universally supported in academia [11], [12], but non-the-less has gained popularity in pop culture and has culminated in the 2011 film Hysteria.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"466\" height=\"586\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.belupa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/annuncio.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48\" style=\"width:279px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belupa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/annuncio.jpg 466w, https:\/\/belupa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/annuncio-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">[13]. A 1918 Sears, Roebuck and Co. ad.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Whether initially invented specifically as a clitoral massager or, more probably, as a massager for general body pain, once electricity became available in the home, the electric vibrator was advertised freely in women\u2019s magazines of the early 1900\u2019s. With such wonderful catch lines as \u201cVery useful and satisfactory for home service\u201d and \u201cAids that Every Woman Appreciates\u201d[13], you are free to wonder how the women that bought them really used them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is more certain is that by the 1970\u2019s a modern personal massager, the Hitachi Magic-Wand \u2122, was indeed an effective tool to induce orgasm. With American sex educator Betty Dodson\u2019s choice to use them in her classes to teach female masturbation [14] further validated by a later study in 2008 [15]. That study found that 93% of a group of 500 women suffering anorgasmia (inability to orgasm) were able to reach orgasm with the use of a magic wand and Betty Dodson\u2019s techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.belupa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/vibratore-rabbit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49\" style=\"width:216px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belupa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/vibratore-rabbit.jpg 800w, https:\/\/belupa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/vibratore-rabbit-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/belupa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/vibratore-rabbit-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/belupa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/vibratore-rabbit-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">[20]. A modern day Rabbit Style Vibrator.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>From here things have escalated. These days the availability and variety of sex toys has never been better. Although not evenly across the globe. Acceptance of sex toys is generally increasing, with online surveys from 2009-2011 in the US indicating that on average more than half of adults who responded report the use of vibrators in sexual activities [16], [17], [18], [19]. While historically vibrators are linked to women\u2019s pleasure those reports were also associated with increased positive sexual experiences for heterosexual and LGB women&nbsp;<strong>and<\/strong>&nbsp;men. In addition, mainstream media is influencing attitudes. For example, the Rabbit style vibrator became even more popular after it was featured in a 1998 episode of HBO\u2019s Sex and the City \u201cThe Turtle and the Hare\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In conclusion, this brief over-view aims to serve as a sense of how widely (in time and geography) sex toys may have been creatively employed by humans to enhance or enable their sexual experiences. As declared by the World Association for Sexual Health in 2019 [21], sexual pleasure is finally being officially recognised as a fundamental human requirement and right. That right, while respecting the absolute necessity for safety from violence or coercion, includes \u201cthe possibility of diverse sexual experiences\u201d and \u201caccess to sources of sexual pleasure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On that last note we are pleased to introduce you to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.belupa.com\/en\">Belupa<\/a><em>.\u00a0<\/em>Our online haven filled with a cornucopia of\u00a0<strong>modern<\/strong>\u00a0sex toys for your pleasure. Please Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">References:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">1. Independent article. https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/love-sex\/sex-toys-history-romans-dildo-b2288055.html. Searched for: 2023_01_15<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">2. Guardian article. https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2023\/feb\/20\/its-not-a- darning-tool-its-a-very-naughty-toy-roman-dildo-found. Searched for: 2023_01_18<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">3. Asian Art Museum Website. Past Exhibits 2017. https:\/\/exhibitions.asianart.org\/exhibitions\/tomb-treasures-new-discoveries-from-chinas-han-dynasty\/. Searched for: 2023_01_15<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">4.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/\"><u>hyperallergic.com<\/u><\/a>. https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/367055\/from-a-jade-suit-to-bronze-dildos-ancient-tomb-luxuries-of-the-han-dynasty-elite\/. Link followed from Asian Art Museum Website [3]. Searched for: 2023_01_15<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">5. Online Etymology Dictionary. https:\/\/www.etymonline.com\/search?q=dildo. Searched for: 2023_01_22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">6. Huffington Post Article.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/2014\/02\/10\/history-female-sex-toys-dildos-rampant-rabbits_n_4760274.html\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/2014\/02\/10\/history-female-sex-toys-dildos-rampant-rabbits_n_4760274.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/2014\/02\/10\/histor&#8230;<\/a>. Searched for: 2023_01_16<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">7. Image from Wikipedia unmodified &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Pittore_dell'angelo_volante_(attr.),_anfora_con_falli-uccello_e_ragazza_con_un_fallo,_490_ac._ca._04.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Pittore_dell&#8217;angelo_volante_(attr.),_anfora_con_falli-uccello_e_ragazza_con_un_fallo,_490_ac._ca._04.JPG<\/a>. Searched for: 2023_01_22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">8. Psychology Today article. https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/all-about-sex\/201401\/the-untold-history-erotic-enhancements. Searched for: 2023_01_16<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">9. Mistaking Histories. https:\/\/mistakinghistories.wordpress.com\/2017\/08\/08\/cleopatra-and-the-vibrator-powered-by-bees\/. Searched for: 2023_01_23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">10. The Technology of Orgasm \u201cHysteria\u201d, the Vibrator and Women\u2019s Sexual Satisfaction. Maines R. 1998<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">11. Journal of Positive Sexuality, Vol. 4, No. 2, August 2018. Lieberman and Schatzberg. http:\/\/journalofpositivesexuality.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Failure-of-Academic-Quality-Control-Technology-of-Orgasm-Lieberman-Schatzberg.pdf. Searched for: 2023_01_16<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">12. Guardian Article. https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2014\/nov\/10\/victorians-invent-vibrator-orgasms-women-doctors-fantasy. Searched for: 2023_01_16<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">13. By See original; Retouched by User:Cybercobra &#8211; Derived from File:Sears &#8211; Aids That Every Woman Appreciates.jpg, a 1918 Sears, Roebuck and Co. ad, Public Domain, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=9558249. Searched for: 2023_01_19<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">14. Cosmopolitan Article. https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/sex-love\/a14105499\/hitachi-magic-wand-history\/. Searched for: 2023_01_17<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">15. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL (2008) 8, 883\u2013895. Struck P and Ventegodt S. Clinical Holistic Medicine: Teaching Orgasm for Females with Chronic Anorgasmia using the Betty Dodson Method.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">16. Vanessa Schick, Debby Herbenick, Joshua G. Rosenberger, Michael Reece, Prevalence and Characteristics of Vibrator Use Among Women Who Have Sex with Women,\u00a0<em>The Journal of Sexual Medicine<\/em>, Volume 8, Issue 12, December 2011, Pages 3306\u20133315,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/j.1743-6109.2011.02503.x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/j.1743-6109.2011.02503.x<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">17. Debra Herbenick, Michael Reece, Stephanie Sanders, Brian Dodge, Annahita Ghassemi, J. Dennis Fortenberry, Prevalence and Characteristics of Vibrator Use by Women in the United States: Results from a Nationally Representative Study,\u00a0<em>The Journal of Sexual Medicine<\/em>, Volume 6, Issue 7, July 2009, Pages 1857\u20131866,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/j.1743-6109.2009.01318.x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/j.1743-6109.2009.01318.x<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">18. Michael Reece, Debra Herbenick, Stephanie A. Sanders, Brian Dodge, Annahita Ghassemi, J. Dennis Fortenberry, Prevalence and Characteristics of Vibrator Use by Men in the United States,\u00a0<em>The Journal of Sexual Medicine<\/em>, Volume 6, Issue 7, July 2009, Pages 1867\u20131874,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/j.1743-6109.2009.01290.x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/j.1743-6109.2009.01290.x<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">19. Michael Reece, Joshua G. Rosenberger, Vanessa Schick, Debby Herbenick, Brian Dodge, David S. Novak, Characteristics of Vibrator Use by Gay and Bisexually Identified Men in the United States,\u00a0<em>The Journal of Sexual Medicine<\/em>, Volume 7, Issue 10, October 2010, Pages 3467\u20133476,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/j.1743-6109.2010.01873.x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/j.1743-6109.2010.01873.x<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">20. Image taken from Belupa.com. https:\/\/www.belupa.com\/it\/vibratore-rabbit-in-silicone-tonny-20-x-3-5-cm-fucsia-ricaricabile. Searched for: 2023_01_22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">21. Declaration on Sexual Health. World Association for Sexual Health. https:\/\/worldsexualhealth.net\/resources\/declaration-on-sexual-pleasure\/. Searched for: 2023_01_17<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Could people have been using sex toys 28,000 years ago? Quite possibly, according to an article from the Independent [1]. 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