VIBRATING ON HYSTERIA OR SEXUAL ECSTASY

Did you know that the first vibrator was actually created as a medical treatment for “hysteria” in women?

For centuries, doctors had been treating women for a wide variety of illnesses by performing what is now recognized as masturbation. The "pelvic massage" was especially common in the treatment of female hysteria during the Victorian Era, as the point of such manipulation was to cause "hysterical paroxysm" (orgasm) in the patient. However, not only did they regard the "vulvular stimulation" required as having nothing to do with sex, but reportedly found it time consuming and hard work.