Sex Toys – The Evolution…
I’m sure we all take for granted our very special “under the bed” friends but I’m sure if we knew the struggle our ancestors went through to create the perfect toy maybe we’d all appreciate them a little more! They weren’t always perfect, they weren’t always pretty and they weren’t always for pleasure. Let’s take a look at the long and strange journey that sex toys have been on through the centuries…
The Beginning:
First God created man, then God created women, then women invented Dildo's and they’ve done nothing but ‘moan’ ever since…
Archaeologists have found sex toys and pornography dating back as far as 35 000 BC. Obviosly they dont look very comfortable or pleasureable and back before the luxury of silicone & plastic, people were using wood and stone!
- A 13 000 year old stone dildo found in German
Not only sex toys but sex enhancers and contraceptives as well. At least we know even our ancestors were keeping it safe! Condoms were invented after the Black death plagued Europe. People were walloped with an epidemic of syphilis. A man named Gabriele Falloppio soaked linen sheaths in chemicals and left them to dry and although it doesnt sound like much it worked really well. No one that used these "condoms" contractd the disease.
- An early age condom invented by Gabriele Falloppio in 1564
In 1200 AD Chineese nobility were under so much pressure to produce a heir to the throne that they would sleep with a number of woman to make sure the job was done. This became stressfull and under the pressure they felt to perform they coudn't always "rise to the occasion" and stay there. Thus the Penis Ring was invented using the eyelids of a goat, yuck!
The vibrator was used medicinally to cure an illness called "female hysteria". Doctors believed that women needed to reach orgasm to cure their hysteria and after sitting for hours trying to acheive that doctors (obviously male) complained that they had sore wrists or were bored (typical). Then a man named George Taylor invented the first steam-powered vibrator. As you can probably imagine these weren't so popular as woman wouldn't want steam near their hoohaas. J. Granville came to the rescue with his "electrochemical" design and women went crazy for them. Let us all take a moment to thank this man for possibly the best orgasms life has to offer...
So there you have it folks.. Ancient sex toys, makes you really wanna just whisper sweet thank you's in your partners ears when you put them on charge tonight... We're happy to announce that this story has a very happy ending!
