Prehistoric sexual figurines (25,000 B.C). The invention of the dildo (500 B.C.) and sexual lubricants (350 B.C.). The emergence of BDSM (1750 A.D.). The invention of the vibrator (1869), its suppression (1930), and re-emergence (1965). The debut of the waterbed (1970) The 33 million sites that come up in a Google search of “sex toys” (2009). This is history as it’s never been told before.

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