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Fri, 2005-02-25 23:39
Food for thought via HerDesires, April 2000 (emphasis mine)
A text from 1883 called “Health For Women” recommended the new vibrators for treating pelvic hyperemia, or congestion of the genitalia. Vibrators were also marketed directly to women, as home appliances. In fact, the vibrator was only the fifth household device to be electrified, after the sewing machine, fan, tea kettle and toaster, and preceding by about a decade the vacuum cleaner and electric iron — perhaps, Maines suggests, “reflecting consumer priorities.“
