Stimulated: How Vibrators Became America's Favorite Sex Toy
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Vibrators - The Sexualization of Everyday Disease
Vibrators were marketed to treat everything from asthma to baldness. Ads claimed vibrators could eliminate wrinkles or even cure tuberculosis. While they used suggestive language or hinted at masturbation, it was never explicit. Halle says it's fair to assume people knew about the sexual use.
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