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Pestle or Sex Toy? The Roman 'Dildo'

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

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The Leather Dildo Puzzle

It would be very naive of us to think that the Romans didn't have sex toys. Every age throughout history has had sex toys a plenty, we're just struggle to find them. Vindalanda has like 7,000 plus shoes, including high-end designer shoes at the Roman era. And there's descriptions of dildos and toys being made for lamb skin,. then stuffed to make them hard again.

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