The history of sex toys and what they tell us about ancient women

> "Have you done what some women are wont to do? They take a live fish and put it in their vagina, keeping it there for a while until it is dead. Then they cook or roast it and give it to their husbands to eat, doing this in order to make the men be more ardent in their love for them. If you have, you should do two years of penance on the appointed fast days."

I'll stick with microplastic-laden seafood, thanks.

> But our ancient relatives did indeed use sex toys before the modern development of what would become the vibrator in the late 19th century

Of course, in those days, more forward planning was required, as it would take the steam engine at least an hour to get up to pressure.

Fascinating read. Has almost nothing to do with history (only 2 or 3 stories) but a lot of men bashing.

I would have expected what the title promised. We learned in history that the human society, is, since some a couple thousand years, a patriarchal one. We haven't evolved: Women are expected to make children and men to die in wars so the rich get richer.

Extremely light on "history", it is more like a sermon.