One 1910 vibrator ad, titled “Vibration Is Life,” reads:

The secret of the ages has been discovered in Vibration. Great scientists tell us that we owe not only our health but even our life strength to this wonderful force. Vibration promotes life and vigour, strength and beauty…Vibrate Your Body and Make It Well. YOU Have No Right to Be Sick.

This was how vibrators were introduced to the market.  From the mouths and hands of reputable doctors, they weren’t a gimmick shoved aside to novelty shops as they are now, they were truly a health remedy.  The health benefits haven’t changed, just the delivery method.

Battery-powered vibrators were introduced as a household appliance as early as 1899.  The vibrator was enormously popular, and became the fifth electrical appliance to be introduced into the home, alongside the teakettle, sewing machine, fan, and toaster, and ads for the device ran in everything from Needlecraft andSears, Roebuck and Co. to Woman’s Home Companion.

By the end of the 1920s, however, vibrators began to appear in pornographic films, which made it difficult for women to maintain they were merely buying these devices to massage their scalp or the back of their neck, and doctors dropped them too because of their perceived sexual connotation.

The sex toy industry didn’t really take off again until the 1980s, and vibrators began notching massive sales, which Dr. Maines attributes to baby boomers entering their 30s and realizing, “Well, sex is a part of life, and it’s not something you have to pretend you’re not doing.” Couples even began to go shopping for sex toys together, a practice common to this day.

In 2009, a research team behind the landmark 2010 National Survey of Sexual Health and Human Behavior released a study analyzing vibrator usage in U.S. women. Of the 2,056 women aged 18-60 who participated in the survey, 52.5 percent claimed to have used a vibrator.

1. Get the Vibrator out.
2. Turn it on.
3. Go to town on stimulation…. and your orgasm should all happen instantaneously….

Well not so, and that’s why I recommend watching this WONDERFUL video by sex educators, who’ll help you see there’s always a better approach!

OK, looking at the history of sex & vibrators -all the ups and downs and ins and outs of the subject (pun totally intended!)

Here are some fun facts about my favorite “mother’s little helper,” the vibrator.

1. Kinky ancient Greek doctors treated “hysteria,” a nervous condition they thought was a result of having a uterus, with “hysterical paroxysm.” Jilling off, shall we say?

2. Inventor George Taylor patented steam-powered vibrators in 1869 and 1872. Dr. Geoge made house calls where he took care of women so they wouldn’t overindulge.

3. In the early 1880s, a battery-powered electric model was introduced, and were only used in a doctor’s office. (Awk-warrrd!)

4. The company Hamilton Beach patented a hand-held vibrator in 1902. Note: They also made my toaster!

5. Until the 20s, vibrators were advertised in women’s magazines and catalogs as home-health devices that would give you rosy cheeks and a relaxed attitude.

6. From the 20s to the 60s, vibrators were still sold, but in disguised form – something you’d massage your shoulders with, even though it was shaped like a penis.

Does vibrator use help you with any bouts of hysteria?

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OK, so who’s the inventor, and how does she know what’s best for a woman’s body?

Janeson (pronounced jan/ne/sun) Rayne, the creator of the Magic Banana^®, is a yoga educator, vegetarian chef, author, artist, inventor and mom.  She lives and creates in Ontario, Canada.  (yay Canada!)

The Magic Banana^® was designed in Canada and is manufactured in England to ensure quality and safety control of both materials and construction. The outside loop of The Magic Banana^® is made of smooth, non-toxic, FDA-Approved tubing – cut to a specific, tested length. Inside the tubing is a specially-designed core, which offers support to the device’s curved structure and ensures maximum benefit by providing just the right amount of resistance throughout the product’s life.

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Deep brain stimulation is an area of ongoing research whereby electrodes are surgically inserted into areas of the brain and a pacemaker is pulsed to activate that area. Promising developments have been made for conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, Tourette’s Syndrome, phantom limb pain, or refractory major depression utilizing deep brain stimulation. In each of these conditions, deficiencies of a very small control region of the brain are linked to the associated symptoms, which is ideal for this type of modality. In the case of libido or pleasure, scientists have only recently begun to map out brain processes for controls. The orbitofrontal cortex in particular has come under significant scrutiny, as previously very little was known about its function. Dr. Morten Kringelbach, an Oxford psychiatrist, has a small body of research that is beginning to shed light on this area of the brain, and its links to our concepts of pleasure and reward.

With so much attention paid to male erectile dysfunction due to Viagra and its predecessors, one would think that female sexual dysfunction would also be studied aggressively. Unfortunately, research and answers have proven difficult to obtain, as sexual arousal appears to be much more multifactoral in females than males. The deep brain stimulation studies serve to offer some insight into this complicated problem, and should trigger further investigation into neural controls for sexual response.

Hopefully, the research being carried out at Oxford will help to bring some novel therapies to the millions of women who struggle daily with sexual dysfunction.

References

Morten L. Kringelbach (2005). The human orbitofrontal cortex: linking reward to hedonic experience Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 6 (9), 691-702 DOI: 10.1038/nrn1747

Kent C. Berridge, Morten L. Kringelbach (2008). Affective neuroscience of pleasure: reward in humans and animals Psychopharmacology, 199 (3), 457-480 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-008-1099-6

By having a clitoral orgasm, oxytocin is released.  Here’s why this release works as a hormone reset function.

Oxytocin is a multifunctional hormone. In pregnant women oxytocin is required for delivery contractions, and after delivery, oxytocin is essential in lactation. But also in women not pregnant or lactating, oxytocin is always essential. Like other sex-hormones (such as estrogen and progesterone) the body always composes and secretes some oxytocin, to influence different processes. Whenever the uterus contracts, like it does when you are having your period, oxytocin is secreted.

by having a clitoral orgasm, much more oxytocin is secreted. And these higher oxytocin levels are essential to reset the body. Like you need a compass sailing at open sea ; every once and a while you have to check the compass, and adjust your course. Without orgasms, your ship may sail way off course, causing a bacterial infection, a physically caused lack of interest, obesity, nervous breakdowns, psychotic behavior or even breast cancer ;

 stress ; Stress increases ACTH- and prolactin release. Oxytocin de-stresses , through regulating prolactin-  and ACTH-levels.Clitoral orgasms diminish stress. Now you know why you fall asleep after great sex.

 cancer ; Stress increases prolactin secretion.  And excessive prolactin can enhance breast cancer , brain tumors and leukemia. Oxytocin regulates prolactin secretion. Orgasms therefore decrease cancer risk.

 Oxytocin increases dopamine level . Dopamine is known to inhibit excessive prolactin secretion. Like stress, progesterone increases prolactin level too. 

 obesity ; Oxytocin also regulates appetite, through receptors in the brain. Oxytocin inhibits appetite to prevent obesity.

 You know when you se a woman all of a sudden looking fab ? How many times have you heard this one : “Oh, I have a new boyfriend and we have lots of great sex ? But you think “Girl, you just went on a diet”. Well sorry to bust your bubble, but it’s the sex, the orgasms and the oxytocin !

 bacteria ; Oxytocin is a natural antibiotic, attacking hostile bacteria, decreasing susceptibility to uterine infection (27).

 behavior ; Oxytocin is anti-psychotic ; oxytocin plays an important role in the regulation of normal cognitive functions and behaviors, which are disturbed in schizophrenia. Some forms of obsessive-compulsive disorder are also related to oxytocin dysfunction. 

Oxytocin also gives you fighting spirit. 

 memory ; Oxytocin plays a key role in meltdown of prior learning in preparation for new learning , like new books in a library have to be catalogued and shelved.

Orgasms keep you inquisitive and investigative ; ready and hungry for new input.

The lust for a clitoral orgasm originates from the physical necessity for ‘being reset hormonally’. Like the lust for consuming fruit originates from the physical necessity to obtain sufficient glucose, when glucose level is low. The better the orgasm, the more oxytocin is released. And like you need glucose in your blood to live, you need great orgasms to be in good health.

• amygdala - regulates emotions
• nucleus accumbens - controls the release of dopamine
• ventral tegmental area (VTA) - actually releases the dopamine
• cerebellum - controls muscle function
• pituitary gland - releases beta-endorphins, which decrease pain; oxytocin, which increases feelings of trust; and vasopressin, which increases bonding

Although scientists have long been studying the pleasure center, there hadn’t been much research about how it relates to sexual pleasure, especially in women. In the late 1990s and the mid-2000s, a team of scientists at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands conducted several studies of both men and women to determine brain activity during sexual stimulation. The team used PET scans to illustrate the different areas of the brain that would light up and shut off during sexual activity. In all of the tests, the subjects were scanned while resting, while being sexually stimulated and while having an orgasm.

Interestingly, they discovered that there aren’t too many differences between men’s and women’s brainswhen it comes to sex. In both, the brain region behind the left eye, called the lateral orbitofrontal cortex,shuts down during orgasm. Janniko R. Georgiadis, one of the researchers, said, “It’s the seat of reason and behavioral control. But when you have an orgasm, you lose control” [source: LA Times]. Dr. Gert Holstege stated that the brain during an orgasm looks much like the brain of a person taking heroin. He stated that “95 percent is the same” [source: Science News].

There are some differences, however. When a woman has sex, a part of the brain stem called theperiaqueductal gray (PAG) is activated. The PAG controls the “flight or fight” response. Women’s brains also showed decreased activity in the amygdala and hippocampus, which deal with fear and anxiety. The team theorized that these differences existed because women have more of a need to feel safe and relaxed in order to enjoy sex. In addition, the area of the cortex associated with pain was activated in women, which shows that there is a distinct connection between pain and pleasure.

The studies also showed that although women m­ay be able to fool their partners into thinking they’ve had an orgasm, their brains show the truth. When asked to fake an orgasm, the women’s brain activity increased in the cerebellum and other areas related to controlling movement. The scans didn’t show the same brain activity of a woman during an actual orgasm.

2. More sex means living longer, says science. One doc claims it can add up to eight years to your life.

3. Sex, even as little as once or twice a week, also increases immunoglobulin levels; the stuff in your blood that fights infection and disease, as much as 30 percent higher than in those who abstain.

4. “It is just after orgasm that the intense pelvic vasocongestion resulting from sexual excitement quickly disappears.

If orgasm is not attained, this vasodilation takes much longer to disappear, a fact that, in women, may cause painful phenomena due to the persistent engorgement of the inner genitals.”

5. Masturbation can burn up the calories, as well. You can lose between 100-150 calories for each act of masturbation, according to the Young People’s Reproductive and Sexual Health & Rights Organization.

6. You can raise that amount to around 300 calories, through a 5-minute vigorous masturbation session, according to Japanese scientist Dr. Shukan Tokuho.

7. “The average lovemaking session burns between 50 and 100 calories. Having sex 3 times a week burns 7500 calories per year.

That’s the equivalent of jogging 75 miles. The more intense the sex, the more calories are burned: up to 15,000 calories annually (at a frequency of 3 times weekly). 15,000 calories equals over 4 pounds of weight loss per year!”

8. Oxytocin is a powerful hormone released by men and women during orgasm. Consider some of the research on this important hormone:

• Oxytocin increases sexual receptivity and counteracts impotence. (Pedersen, C.A., 2002), (Arletti, 1997)

• Oxytocin reduces cravings for sweets. (Billings, 2006)

• Oxytocin calms. A single rat injected with oxytocin has a calming effect on a cage full of anxious rats. (Agren, 2002)

• Oxytocin counteracts the effects of cortisol, the stress hormone. (Legros, 2003) Less stress means increased immunity and faster recovery.

9. Sexual activity is often encouraged to cure headaches and menstrual cramps, as the release of endorphins can increase pain tolerance by as much as 70%.

10. During sexual stimulation, the production of the chemical phenetylamine (known to curb the appetite) increases.

11. Serotonin levels in the brain become elevated during sexual activity and can promote a sense of well being that has a calming effect on cravings, such as those for junk food or cigarettes.

12. Right before sexual climax, the level of DHEA in the body spikes to several times its normal level. DHEA is a natural steroid hormone known to:

• Improve brain function.

• Improve performance in the cardiovascular system.

• Increase fat metabolism.

• Boost the immune system, and promote healthy-looking skin.

13. The hormone estrogen is also released when the body achieves orgasm. More estrogen means healthier cardiovascular system, lower bad cholesterol, and suppler skin.

14. Regular sexual activity can also regulate a woman’s menstrual cycle.

15. A psychological study done at Wilkes University in Pennsylvania showed that students who engaged in regular sexual activity had one third higher levels of immunoglobin A, an antibody that boosts the immune system and can help fight colds and flu.

Achieving orgasm on a regular basis can boost infection-fighting cells up to 20%.

16. The deep breathing and elevated heart rate that occurs during arousal and orgasm causes more oxygen to circulate throughout the body, a process that keeps organs and tissues healthy.

17. Orgasms improve a woman’s chances of conception because the vagina and the contracting uterus cause increased blood flow to the pelvis. This helps the sperm fertilize the egg.

18. Tantric Therapy; Orgasms that last at least 20 minutes can alleviate clinical depression completely.

19. Sex boosts our body’s sense of smell.

20. After the orgasm, a rise of the hormone prolactin occurs inside your body. This chemical makes the brain’s stem cells to grow new neurons in the olfactory bulb, where smell is formed, increasing your olfactory abilities.

21. A sex session can burn as many calories as running 15 minutes on a treadmill.

22. After-Glow: During sex, the body perspires, which helps flush out toxins and releases skin-nourishing oils.

23. Absorbing semen vaginally or orally is a health booster. It gives a shot of zinc, calcium, potassium, fructose, and proteins—a veritable cornucopia of vitality!

24. A recent study found that women who gave their men oral sex, and swallowed, had a lower risk of preeclampsia, the dangerously high blood pressure that sometimes accompanies pregnancy.

25. High ejaculation frequency is related to decreased risk of total prostate cancer.

26. Sex can be rejuvenating and helps wounds heal faster.

Several experiments have shown that oxytocin can help even stubborn sores, like those suffered by diabetics, to heal by regenerating certain cells.

27. After studying 3,500 men and women, Dr. Weeks concluded that people who had one or two orgasms a week looked around

10 years younger than those who didn’t.

28. Fetuses have been monitored masturbating in utero, meaning that sexual pleasure (and orgasm) is a natural and innate part of who we are and how we feel good.

Not feeling guilty about taking the time to take care of you is natural, too.

29. Having a vaginal orgasm does more than just put a little pep in your step. It actually causes you to walk differently, with a longer stride and a greater pelvic rotation.

30. Cervical infections can be reduced with frequent clitoral stimulation.

31. It’s totally natural. Female porcupines have been witnessed using wooden sticks to masturbate.

32. Performance anxiety is believed to be the most common cause of orgasm problems. 90 percent of orgasm problems appear to be psychological in nature.

33. That warm, sexy rush you feel during foreplay is the result of blood heading straight to your vagina and clitoris.

34. A recent small-scale study at the Netherlands’ University of Groningen found that areas involving fear and emotion are actually deactivated during orgasm.

35. Oral sex is NOT foreplay -it’s COREPLAY as Kerner coined the term and it’s necessary.

Clitoral stimulus is the #1 path to successful orgasm.

36. It’s been hypothesized that having an orgasm and releasing that tide of oxytocin is a woman’s subconscious way of approving of her partner as a potential dad.

37. Evidence suggests that the more thoroughly you sexually satiate yourself—that is, the more intense or numerous your orgasms—the more acute the overall effects on you.

38. Studies are showing that as sexual activity goes up, the risk of breast cancer goes down.

39. “Functional MRI images show that women’s brains utilize much more oxygen during orgasm than usual, similar to the effects of exercise,” says Barry Komisaruk, PhD, coauthor of The Science of Orgasm.

“In other words, the brain is being nourished,” which helps keep your mind sharp.

40. Not only does sexual stimulation kind of bathe you in a sexy glow — if you’re having that much sex, it’s going to be on your mind more, and that shows on your face and in your movements — but it also becomes this fabulous self-fulfilling prophecy.

41. The mixed effort of sex and relaxation brought by orgasm is the ideal replacement for any sleeping tablet.

42. The mind uses the orgasm to discharge the tensions out of the system and replace them with a relaxed body state.

43. Women do not have a refractory period. They can be sexually aroused immediately after orgasm.

44. Many women are capable of multiple orgasms. The most female orgasms recorded by doctors, William Hartman and Marilyn Fithian, were 134 within a single hour. That is a little over two orgasms per minute. Interestingly, it has also been noted that some women are capable of multiple orgasms even during such seemingly mundane activities as stroking their eyebrow, rubbing their knee, thinking (about an orgasm), or brushing their teeth. Hmmm…

45. People who have meaningless sex or sex with out honest feelings report less intense orgasms and more problems achieving them – this translates in to a simple message, have meaningful sex with the one you love.

46. The famous sex researcher Dr. Alfred Kinsey once said that an orgasm “can be likened to the crescendo, climax, and sudden stillness achieved by an orchestra of human emotions … an explosion of tensions, and to sneezing”.

47. Dr. Gert Holstege stated that the brain during an orgasm looks much like the brain of a person on heroin.

48. One of the big shocks of the 20th century was that our nations sex symbol, Marilyn Monroe, claimed she never achieved orgasm by any of her famous lovers (John F. Kennedy, Frank Sinatra, Joe DiMaggio, etc.).

It wasn’t until shortly before her death (age 36) she told her psychiatrist, Dr. Ralph Greenson, “Bless you doctor—all the years I had never had one. What wasted years. How can I describe to you, a man, what it feels like to a woman? Think of a light switch with a rheostat control. As you begin to turn it on, the bulb begins to get bright, then brighter, and brighter and finally in a blinding flash is fully lit. It is so good…” Yeah, we know Marilyn.

49. For most men, anytime is a good time for an orgasm, but for women, there are certain times that are better than others. It has been found the best time for her (pleasure wise), is during her menstrual period. This is unfortunately when many women (and some men) are uncomfortable with having sex.

The reason orgasms are better during this time, is the increase in blood circulation around the groin area.

50. Even if sex lasts for 4.5 minutes (the average duration), the body burns off the same amount of calories as during 15 minutes of jogging.

51. The twitching of the glottis and bronchi gives a powerful wholesome effect: women who scream during sex rarely suffer from lung diseases – bronchitis and pneumonia.

52. Orgasms cause mini-cramps, thus all the congested cavities get cleaned. For example, pathogens that cause inflammation in the uterus pouch are eliminated.

53. The stimulant phenylethylamine (PEA) is involved in orgasm, which is also present in cocoa and chocolate and elevates energy, mood and attention.

PEA is produced in greater amounts when one is in love.

54. The hormone released during orgasm, Oxytocin; facilitates learning. Excessive college copulation has benefits.

55. Orgasm is the biggest non-chemical blast of dopamine available to us.

As a product promotor and educator, easy to recommend LELO products. Why?  They stand out in an industry of cheap, novelty-based products as true products of value, class and quality.  Why would you go to bed with anything else? …. I don’t.