1. In 1883 Joseph Mortimer Granville, a British doctor, patented the first electromechanical vibrator. It was sold as a cure for “hysteria”, a condition with familiar symptoms, such as rapid heart rate, sexual fantasies, pelvic heaviness, vaginal lubrication, impulse purchasing, etc.

 

2. When portable “massagers” began starring in Thirties porn films, vibrators were branded immoral. They didn't reappear until the Sixties, long after the announcement by the American Medical Association in 1952 that “hysteria” was not a clinical diagnosis but a female orgasm.

 

3. In 1998 the Rabbit vibrator made an appearance on Sex and The City and subsequently became, and still is, the world's bestselling sex toy.

 

4. In 1999 the sex shop chain Ann Summers launched online and sold one million vibrators in the UK in the first year.

 

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10. Two million sex toys are sold in the UK every year. That's a lot of landfill, so join the Rabbit Amnesty at http://www.lovehoney.co.uk/rabbit- amnesty. Send them your old Rabbit and they will recycle it, give you a new one half price, and donate £1 to The World Land Trust. Yes!

 

SUZI GODSON

 

http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/relationships/article5006316.ece

:lol: Do you use vibrator's Jenjie?

1. In 1883 Joseph Mortimer Granville, a British doctor, patented the first electromechanical vibrator. It was sold as a cure for “hysteria”, a condition with familiar symptoms, such as rapid heart rate, sexual fantasies, pelvic heaviness, vaginal lubrication, impulse purchasing, etc.

 

http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/relationships/article5006316.ece

 

It was supposed to cure hysteria???

 

This is the funniest thing I've read in ages - I think your post deserves it's very own Award!

 

:laugh3:

^yes Redgirl.. i've read about the "hysteria" thing when i was working on a story.... (plus related to Mr Freud studies) curious stuff, lol how people thought some time ago :rolleyes:

:lol: Do you use vibrator's Jenjie?

 

I'm just posting the news.

I'm just posting the news.

 

:laugh3:

 

No worries! :D, I was just joking! ;)

^yes Redgirl.. i've read about the "hysteria" thing when i was working on a story.... (plus related to Mr Freud studies) curious stuff, lol how people thought some time ago :rolleyes:

 

 

Yeah, didn't Doctor's used to recommend cocaine back in the 20's?

Yeah, didn't Doctor's used to recommend cocaine back in the 20's?

didn't knew that, but it doesn't shocks me so much... people in hospital are getting drugs to get cured so.. it hadn't had changed so much. :)

and is known that some poisons helps people to recover of some illnesses too.

everythings are fine in their correct dose and for their correct use...

 

10. Two million sex toys are sold in the UK every year. That's a lot of landfill, so join the Rabbit Amnesty at http://www.lovehoney.co.uk/rabbit- amnesty. Send them your old Rabbit and they will recycle it, give you a new one half price, and donate £1 to The World Land Trust. Yes!

 

http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/relationships/article5006316.ece

 

I wonder how many users have taken advantage of this offer :inquisitive:

Yeah, didn't Doctor's used to recommend cocaine back in the 20's?

 

they used to use poppy juice/opium as a painkiller in the 1700's

they used to use poppy juice/opium as a painkiller in the 1700's

 

I wonder what they've been prescribing to Spurs fans???:rolleyes:

:lol: Do you use vibrator's Jenjie?

 

:stunned: thats' a bit bloody personal question to ask..especially at your age!

 

you heard the story about the bird and the bee yet? (at least i think it's bird and the bee:\)

:stunned: thats' a bit bloody personal question to ask..especially at your age!

 

you heard the story about the bird and the bee yet? (at least i think it's bird and the bee:\)

 

Haha

no it's the wolf and the bears :P

Haha

no it's the wolf and the bears :P

 

Or the prostitute and the Rooney??:rolleyes:

Or the prostitute and the Rooney??:rolleyes:

 

these days i would not be surprised :rolleyes:

these days i would not be surprised :rolleyes:

 

Well Colleen certainly was when she found out!!:P

Well Colleen certainly was when she found out!!:P

 

i must be a mind reader!....i knew that was going to be the responce :D

Yeah, female hysteria was a "real" condition once- one of those phantom illnesses doctors and midwives made a fortune "treating". From what I understand of it, by the late Victorian era it had become a catch-all for everything- anything that a woman did, said, or thought about anything that a man didn't like was merely another symptom of her "condition".

 

This was from the same school of thought that said the best treatment for postnatal depression was to force the woman to "rest" for as much as several months. Rest meaning not allowed out of bed, not allowed to move a muscle or even roll over, not allowed to have visitors or books or music, any kind of sound, not allowed to read or write, and especially not allowed to see the baby, since any one of those things would "exhaust" her. Basically just stare at the ceiling for months on end.

 

Aren't you all glad modern medicine has come so far since then?

 

Aren't you all glad modern medicine has come so far since then?

 

Well nowadays they just turn everyone into zombies by prescribing anti-depressants left, right and centre (regardless of whether they are actually required or not.................................. :rolleyes:

11 - There is a national register of vibrators, whenever you buy one the shopkeeper/seller is supposed to send your details to the register.

 

Damn right Mark, these days doctors will just prescribe pain-killers to whenever you have any sort of mild pain

11 - There is a national register of vibrators, whenever you buy one the shopkeeper/seller is supposed to send your details to the register.

 

Damn right Mark, these days doctors will just prescribe pain-killers to whenever you have any sort of mild pain

 

Are you speaking from experience??:rolleyes:

Nope :P

 

I refuse to take painkillers on the basic that I can take the pain

11 - There is a national register of vibrators, whenever you buy one the shopkeeper/seller is supposed to send your details to the register.

 

Damn right Mark, these days doctors will just prescribe pain-killers to whenever you have any sort of mild pain

 

there is????? :stunned: why would you need a record of who's bought a vibrator? :confused: