Did Ancient People Have Sex Toys?

<p>Dating back some 30,000 years, sex toys have a long (no pun intended) and fascinating history.</p><br><p>What were the earliest sex toys like? How did technology change them? And did Victorian doctors really prescribing them for back pain?</p><br><p>In today's episode, we're revisiting an episode where Kate was joined by writer, sex and gender historian Hallie Lieberman to discuss the first dildo, the myth of the vibrator, and more.</p><br><p>Find out more about Hallie's book, Buzz: The Stimulating History of the Sex Toy, <a href="https://archive.org/details/buzzstimulatingh0000lieb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><br><p>This episode was produced by Charlotte Long and Sophie Gee. Mixed by Seyi Adaobi.</p><br><p>All music from Epidemic Sounds/All3 Media.</p><br><p>Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at <a href="https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe</u></a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><br><p><u>You can take part in our listener survey</u><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/6FFT7MK" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u> here</u></a><u>.</u></p><br><p>Betwixt the Sheets: History of Sex, Scandal & Society is a History Hit podcast.</p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>