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Maines article was interesting to read. These women who had hysteria just needed the doctor to help them with the symptoms. I wonder if it was because “masturbation was socially prohibited”(117) or was it because their husbands didn’t know how and what needed to be done? I also thought that George H. Taylor’s improvement on the rubbing apparatus looks more like a scale then something you would use to rub any part of the body.--Pam Petzold | Maines article was interesting to read. These women who had hysteria just needed the doctor to help them with the symptoms. I wonder if it was because “masturbation was socially prohibited”(117) or was it because their husbands didn’t know how and what needed to be done? I also thought that George H. Taylor’s improvement on the rubbing apparatus looks more like a scale then something you would use to rub any part of the body.--Pam Petzold | ||
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| + | I agree with most everybody here about the idea of social camouflage of the vibrator. I do find it interesting how it was able to get by more as a medical instrument than an instrument for personal pleasure. I also found it interesting the medical purposes of the vibrator, for hysteria and other female complications. I think it is important to note the importance of electricity in the vibrator because it allowed it to be more portable and useful for doctors early on and was able to help contribute to their careers. One quote that really struck me was, "Advertisements directed to male purchasers similarly emphasized the machine's advantages for improving a woman's appearance and disposition." (p125). Here we can clearly see Maines' point about social camouflage. I find it quite hard to believe that men were purchasing vibrators to improve the woman's appearance, but perhaps rather for the act of sexual intercourse itself, but that may just be because of today's acceptance of sexuality. -Claire Brooks | ||
