Buzz Of The Century
August, 1999
Most Americans are surprised to find out that vibrators have a history. Others may be dismayed when they learn that vibrators are making history. Rachel Maines, author of The Technology of Orgasm: Hysteria, the Vibrator and Women's Sexual Satisfaction, chronicles this history and history-in-the-making in her witty and vivid book about America's most prevalent sex toy.Vibrators were invented in the late 19th century as timesaving devices for physicians treating the condition of "hysteria&quo...
