The Technology of Orgasm: "Hysteria," the Vibrator, and Women's Sexual SatisfactionJohns Hopkins University Press, 15/01/1999 - 181 من الصفحات Winner of the Herbert Feis Prize from the American Historical Association Winner of the AFGAGMAS Biennial Book AwardWinner of the Science Award from the American Foundation for Gender and Genital Medicine From the time of Hippocrates until the 1920s, massaging female patients to orgasm was a staple of medical practice among Western physicians in the treatment of "hysteria," an ailment once considered both common and chronic in women. Doctors loathed this time-consuming procedure and for centuries relied on midwives. Later, they substituted the efficiency of mechanical devices, including the electric vibrator, invented in the 1880s. In The Technology of Orgasm, Rachel Maines offers readers a stimulating, surprising, and often humorous account of hysteria and its treatment throughout the ages, focusing on the development, use, and fall into disrepute of the vibrator as a legitimate medical device. |
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... intercourse . These authors " suggest that many women do not orgasm during intercourse , or do so sporadically , simply because sexual intercourse is an extremely inefficient way to stimulate the clitoris . " 3 Empirical studies have ...
... intercourse , though , orgasm in women was considered healthful and medically desirable.24 William Goodell , a highly respected American gynecologist of the latter part of the nineteenth century , considered coitus interruptus un ...
... intercourse.16 Despite the systematic perpetuation of ignorance and misunderstand- ing - by women as well as men - most heterosexual men have looked to the female orgasm to reinforce their self - respect as sexual beings . Michael ...