The history of the vibrator We take a look at the different shapes and sizes of vibrators through the ages, including Cleopatra's bee-filled calabash.

We’ve come a long way since then even in terms of design, but perhaps socially and psychologically we have in fact regressed.

Booming business



The genital massage business was booming. Doctors believed that more than 70% of women suffered from hysteria and required treatment. The problem was that the massage treatments were all done by hand and a patient could take up to an hour to reach paroxysm. There was naturally also the issue of the professional getting terribly, terribly tired. They needed a device which would do the job faster and more efficiently so they could save their energy and process more patients in a day, thereby making more money. And so the vibrator was born.