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The bizarre history of sexuality/sensuality...

November 07 2012

I just replied to a post about the invention of vibrators. Thought some might find it interesting.   Vibrators were invented by a Doctor in the Victorian era for wome suffering from an ailment called 'hysteria' this could be diagnosed from symptoms ranging from loss of sexual appetite, nervousness/anxiety, depression and even desire for sex, basically if a woman went to see a doctor with any sort of 'mental' problems she was diagnosed with hysteria. So this Doctor prescribed a pelvic massage, he would manually do this to women in order to get them to achieve orgasm. And as we all know, orgasm really can be a great release. He did this for many years until he developed Carpal Tunnel, and as you all know 'necessity is the mother of all invention' hence the vibrator was born... So thank god for Carpal Tunnel, ahhhh.   This beggars many more questions - Did men just not know how to fuck properly back then, or was it the whole unmapped female mechanics thing (clitoris, G spot etc)? Did they not fuck as often as they should? Did women not masturbate as much as we do now for fear of God striking them down? Hmmm so many questions.   Anyway I find it all very interesting, and thought that if anyone else wanted to share some strange/funny historical facts re sex it would be fun... oh and educational of course.

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  • RHP

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    13 years ago

    The other interesting thing is that in Victorian Times it was believed a woman could only fall pregnant if she reached an orgasm. So if a woman did not get pregnant after a certain amount of time, she would be taken to a doctor, who would try to bring her to orgasm. If he achieved this, it was assumed the man was the one with fertillity problems, not the woman. I wonder if that's where the faking of orgasms started.

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  • RHP

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    13 years ago

    That was really interesting! And LOL at the Carpal Tunnel :P You would think the constant wrist motion would actually strengthen the muscles in your wrist.

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  • RHP

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    13 years ago

    i think he would have suffered from tunnel vission first..

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  • RHP

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    13 years ago

    I saw a late night documentary about a year ago on SBS. There is also apparently a movie which I might try seek out. I think it won some awards at a film festival.

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  • RHP

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    13 years ago

    Did you see the movie about this.. hugely entertaining.. and yes, educational as well. It does beggar all those questions you posed Saskia.. how sad was the plight of women in that era.. where their frustrated libido was seen as an ailment needing a cure.

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  • RHP

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    13 years ago

    The term carpet burn was born the day Eve gave Adam his first head job..Adam in fact gave Eve the apple on the proviso that she went down on him..   Carpet Burn should be avoided at all cost..

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  • RHP

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    13 years ago

    Don't you women know sex is for procreation only. Don't you go to church?You will all burn in hell!Now get back to the kitchen and fix me a sandwich,and be quick about it!Cheers Felonious...;)

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  • playful4u

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    13 years ago

    I saw a doco on this recently on SBS and in those Victorian times (as Saskia mentioned), women went to their Doctors for treatment of Hysteria. The doco says that the good Doctor would treat them with a good fingering until an orgasm was reached. It is no wonder they kept coming back

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  • RHP

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    13 years ago

    Quoting 'feloniusfossil' Don't you women know sex is for procreation only. Don't you go to church? You will all burn in hell! Now get back to the kitchen and fix me a sandwich, and be quick about it! Cheers Felonious...;)My feet are to big , sorry cant get that close to the sink and bench..its a bitch aint it.

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  • RHP

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    13 years ago

    I wonder what would happen if you went to see a doctor about getting treatment for hysteria these days! Probably prescribe some pills for a mental disorder, certainly wouldn't check your libido or fertility....lol.   If the doctor, in Victorian times, knew the treatment why didn't he pass it onto the husbands and explain that their wives needed long term treatment at home! Then everyone would have been happy and yes maybe even more babies would have been born.   SFxx

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  • RHP

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    13 years ago

    Quoting 'Sensory_fun' I wonder what would happen if you went to see a doctor about getting treatment for hysteria these days! She'd shake her head at you and send you off with a list of over-the-counter relaxants. And the name of a good toy shop. Smart doctor.

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  • RHP

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    13 years ago

    and our labia would have been balls!!!   Oh and taipan carpet burn is absolutely a bitch, have had it on my ass... not good. The Mr regularly gets it on his knees, maybe I should get him some knee pads?   Sensory that's a brilliant idea, the husbands could have learnt a thing or two.   Yes thanks Playful, so that's the name of the movie, have to chase it down, hopefully find it on the doco website.   Lol Tuscan, so they say foot size is a direct indication for men of their penis size, is this true of women with their foot to breast ratio?

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  • RHP

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    13 years ago

    This thread is hysterical. *******

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  • RHP

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    13 years ago

    Don't think I would have been very well endowed at all - cock or balls!   I have just read that the vibrator was invented to treat a womans condition termed 'hysteria' WHICH IS NOW KNOWN AS MENSTRUATION!!! Hmmm?? Yeah I can see why they came to the conclusion and called it Hysteria...   History shows that women attempted to use contraception as early as 1850 BC, the most popular method being a mixture of crocodile dung and honey placed in the vagina (who the hell said that this would work? Perhaps it prevented anyone wanting sex with you in the first place? lol)   Homosexuality was listed with the American Psychiatric Association until 1973, it has since been removed and is now considered an orientation Wow, we've come a long way!!   Both men and women can be turned on by the aromas of wine, the scents of many wines are said to replicate human pheromones, the chemical substance that provokes behavioural responses in humans, while chocolate is proven to cause arousal similar in effect to foreplay. ( I am predicting a huge rise in the number of men bringing gifts along to 'meet and greets')

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