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Can I read Buzz : the Stimulating History of the Sex Toy on EtoBox?
Buzz : the Stimulating History of the Sex Toy by Lieberman, Hallie is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Buzz : the Stimulating History of the Sex Toy about?
Once only whispered about in clandestine corners, vibrators have become just another accessory for the suburban soccer mom, showing up in all manner of pop culture, from sitcoms to talk shows to the pages of glossy women’s magazines. But how did these once-taboo toys become so socially acceptable? The journey of the devices to the cultural mainstream is a surprisingly stimulating one.In *Buzz*, Hallie Lieberman—who holds the world’s first PhD in the history of sex toys—starts at the beginning, tracing the tale from lubricant in Ancient Greece to the very first condom in 1560 to advertisements touting devices as medical equipment in 19th-century magazines. She looks in particular from the period of major change from the 1950s through the present, when sex toys evolved from symbols of female emancipation to tools in the fight against HIV/AIDS to consumerist marital aids to today's mainstays of pop culture. The story is populated with a cast of vivid and fascinating characters including Dell Williams, founder of the first feminist sex toy store, Eve’s Garden; Betty Dodson, who pioneered “Bodysex” workshops in the 1960s to help women discover vibrators and ran Good Vibrations, a sex to
Who reads Buzz : the Stimulating History of the Sex Toy?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Lieberman, Hallie
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781681775432
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Gender Studies, Fiction, Sociology
- Rating
- 4.23 / 5 (3 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14