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The technology of orgasm : "hysteria," the vibrator, and women's sexual satisfaction / Rachel P. Maines.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maines, Rachel, 1950-
- Series:
- Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology ; new ser., no. 24.
- ACLS Humanities E-Book.
- Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology ; new ser., 24
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Sexual behavior--History.
- Women.
- Female orgasm--History.
- Female orgasm.
- Anorgasmy--History.
- Anorgasmy.
- Masturbation--History.
- Masturbation.
- Vibrators (Massage)--History.
- Vibrators (Massage).
- Women--History--Sexual behavior.
- Behavior.
- Persons.
- Mechanical Phenomena.
- Sexual and Gender Disorders.
- Reproduction.
- Names.
- Physical Phenomena.
- Reproductive Physiological Phenomena.
- Mental Disorders.
- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms.
- Psychology.
- Reproductive and Urinary Physiological Phenomena.
- Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological.
- Sexual Behavior.
- Orgasm.
- Vibration.
- Medical Subjects:
- Behavior.
- Persons.
- Mechanical Phenomena.
- Sexual and Gender Disorders.
- Reproduction.
- Names.
- Physical Phenomena.
- Reproductive Physiological Phenomena.
- Mental Disorders.
- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms.
- Psychology.
- Reproductive and Urinary Physiological Phenomena.
- Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological.
- Women.
- Masturbation.
- Sexual Behavior.
- Orgasm.
- Vibration.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 181 p. ) ill. ;
- Edition:
- Johns Hopkins Paperbacks ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Johns Hopkins University Press 2001
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Winner of the Herbert Feis Prize from the American Historical Association Winner of the AFGAGMAS Biennial Book AwardWinner of the Science Award from the American Foundation for Gender and Genital Medicine From the time of Hippocrates until the 1920s, massaging female patients to orgasm was a staple of medical practice among Western physicians in the treatment of "hysteria," an ailment once considered both common and chronic in women. Doctors loathed this time-consuming procedure and for centuries relied on midwives. Later, they substituted the efficiency of mechanical devices, including the electric vibrator, invented in the 1880s. In The Technology of Orgasm, Rachel Maines offers readers a stimulating, surprising, and often humorous account of hysteria and its treatment throughout the ages, focusing on the development, use, and fall into disrepute of the vibrator as a legitimate medical device.
- Contents:
- Praise for The Technology of Orgasm Halftitle Page 1The Job Nobody Wanted 2Female Sexuality as Hysterical Pathology 3"My God, What Does She Want?" 4"Inviting the Juices Downward" 5Revising the Androcentric Model Note on Sources Books in the New Series
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [125]-169) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4214-0055-3
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb00062 hdl
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