Masturbation

[JackStark211]

Originally Posted by hildegoat

http://www.newscientist.com/article/...-syndrome.html

I knew I was doing something right!!! Ha!!!

[hildegoat]

This just came across my tumblr dashboard: http://www.vice.com/read/fucking-hys...e=vicetumblrus

Not far from San Francisco's favorite trans bar in the heart of the historically gay-friendly Polk district you'll find the Antique Vibrator Museum, a vivid exhibit of vibrators dating from the early 20th century through the 1970s.

The museum opened last year inside a sex-toy store called Good Vibrations, where therapist and educator Joani Blank had been displaying a few old vibrators since she opened the shop in 1977. Gradually, customers started to donate their own, then eBay came along, and 36 years later, her small collection has evolved into the Antique Vibrator Museum—home to more than 120 vintage vibrators, along with packaging materials, manuals, print ads, and other vibrator-related ephemera. It’s the biggest collection of orgasm-inspiring devices open to the public today.

The curator of the museum, Dr. Carol Queen, who we interviewed last year, gives regular tours of the old-timey vibes, which are arranged chronologically inside a dozen glass cases. A lot of her info comes from from Rachel P. Maines's book, The Technology of Orgasm: "Hysteria," the Vibrator, and Women's Sexual Satisfaction. But while Maines's historical research forms the backbone of the Antique Vibrator Museum, Dr. Queen is the one who fleshes things out.

"It's one thing to know about vibrators as sex toys, and quite another to see how many types there were throughout the century," she says. "It's also a great example of design and industrial changes in one particular household implement."

The vibrator itself has a long and storied history rooted in female hysteria, a so-called physical illness that disappeared from medical textbooks in 1952. For centuries, though, hysteria was a legitimate and common diagnosis for women who just needed to get laid, or, at the very least, treat themselves to a few mind-blowing orgasms. But since most women in the old-timey days didn't even know they could have orgasms, they needed someone—or something—to help. Thanks in part to the Antique Vibrator Museum, here's a timeline chronicling the evolution of vibrators in history.

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[babyklipklop]

That's like the Museum of Sex in NYC.

[GoodSkanky]

HAHA We went to that museum in NYC. At first Ms. Skanky really like the timeline of events and earlier part of the tour. By the end she was like, "It's just too much cock. Let's go."

[hildegoat]

It's national masturbation month. http://www.goodvibes.com/content.jht...on-month-facts

[lukin]

[hildegoat]

Scottish Wank Camp, anyone? http://gawker.com/lets-all-go-to-a-b...-we-1501789482

[JackStark211]

8=========D~~~~~

[hildegoat]

Vice interviews the creator of the Fleshlight: http://www.vice.com/read/the-founder...e=vicetumblrus

[hildegoat]

The Autoblow 2 is billed as the world’s preeminent “realistic robotic oral sex simulator for men.” It comes equipped with a motor built that lasts over 500 hours, a removable mouth-shaped sleeve made from artificial skin, adjustable speeds (duh you need adjustable speeds), and is "super easy to clean." The Autoblow 2’s website specifies (emphasis theirs): “The feeling of having your penis inside of the sleeve while the spring-loaded beads stroke up and down can best be described in two words: surprisingly good.”

Earlier this year, Brian Sloan, a former lawyer and the creator of the Autoblow 2—as well as other adult entertainment products like the original Autoblow, Mangasm, and Ladygasm—realized that despite investing over $100,000 into creating and testing the product, he was still $45,000 short of having the funds necessary to complete the project. This led him to launch an IndieGoGo crowdsourcing campaign, which has become something of a viral success. With 16 days left in the campaign, the Autoblow 2 has raised over $40,000.

I found the concept and crowdfunding success of the Autoblow 2 fascinating, so I decided to give Brian a call in China (where he’s based) to discuss what his law school buddies think of his new career choice, the other names considered before settling on "Autoblow," and why sex toys should work like kitchen appliances.

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http://www.vice.com/read/the-autoblo...e=vicetumblrus

[burgerqueen]

I still say gross, bad move on that one. I just see so many things going horribly, horribly wrong. Least they made it easy to clean!

[purpletrain]

Doesn't look like i can vote in this poll anymore, but I'm a female that masturbates at least once per day. I'm at the point where i literally can't orgasm without having something up my butt (I know, I'm weird like that). Stuff like butt plugs really make me feel "full" and enhances any sort of stimulation I do in the front, if you know what I mean

[sleigher]

Originally Posted by purpletrain

Stuff like butt plugs really make me feel "full" and enhances any sort of stimulation I do in the front, if you know what I mean

i truly have no idea what you mean

[JackStark211]

Me either.

[thebalvenie]

does a ziploc full of lotion and my couch count as masturbation?

[shamooth]

i used to fuck my felix the cat slipper when i was a kid.

[JackStark211]

Originally Posted by shamooth

i used to fuck my felix the cat slipper when i was a kid.

Tell us more.

[shamooth]

Originally Posted by JackStark211

Tell us more.

one had a hole in it. it was like a fleshlight. i was probably like 11. you asked.

[GoodSkanky]

+1 Rep for that!