Do you think the sex toy is a 20th-century creation linked to sexual freedom and debauchery? That's wrong! If we look back at the timeline of creations our world has known, the sex toy appeared long before the wheel or the locomotive. Indeed, the first dildo found dates back to around 28,000 BC and was made of stone (ouch). Measuring 20cm and made of properly polished sandstone, this primitive sex toy was discovered in Germany.
As for geisha balls, they appeared in Japan around 500 AD, but their history is quite vague. Moreover, the name "Geisha Balls" only appeared later, as originally they were called "Ben Wa balls" or "Burmese bells."
Originally, it is said that they were mainly used by men, but this is not proven. It was only later that Japanese geishas supposedly used them to stay aroused all day to be "available" to gentlemen who wished to make love. Even though they were less used for a time, geisha balls regained notoriety after the success of 50 Shades of Grey!
If someone asks you who Georges Taylor is, would you know the answer? Probably not. Yet this man can be considered our savior since he is the inventor of the vibrator! It was in 1869 that Georges built a rather strange steam engine to help doctors. Yes, doctors. Indeed, to treat "female hysteria," recognized at the time as a disease, doctors used to masturbate us.
However, this "medical procedure" caused wrist pain for the health professionals of the time. This is how Georges Taylor invented the first vibrator until it was banned because of the pleasure it gave to Victorian housewives. Fortunately, it is now very much with us!
Some say that the first form of vibrator appeared in 40 BC with Cleopatra, the famous Queen of Egypt, who allegedly filled a closed papyrus scroll with bees to enjoy their buzzing.
Developed in 1892 but marketed a few years later, the first anal plug measured approximately 11.5cm and was considered a medical remedy for hemorrhoids. They sold by the thousands in the United States until 1938 when a law banned them for false advertising.
Finally, the "rabbit," the companion par excellence, was launched on the market by the American company Vibratex in 1983, offering both external and internal stimulation.
But why rabbit ears? Initially designed as a vibrator representing male genitalia, the company had to imagine another design to circumvent the Japanese government's law prohibiting the representation of genitals. Indeed, Japan is one of the countries most fond of sex toys and therefore an essential market in the sex toy trade.
This is how the rabbit vibrator was created!