Dildos have been around since the time of the cavemen, and masturbation has been depicted in rock art from prehistoric times. Like sex, masturbation is never out of fashion.
28,000 Years Ago
In 2005, German scientists discovered a 28,000-year-old prehistoric dildo in a cave in southwestern Germany that may well be one of the oldest sex toys we know of. The stoneware is about 20 cm long and is very well crafted and polished.
6000 Years Ago
Another dildo was excavated in Sweden in 2008. It was only about 6,000 to 8,000 years old, smaller, 10.5 centimeters long and two centimeters wide.
3000 B.C.
In India around 3000 B.C., the harems of kings usually had several hundred people in them. Since the king could not satisfy the sexual demands of so many of his concubines, he often dressed his maids as men and made an erect penis out of a bulb or fruit, so that his concubines could unleash their sexual desires.
2000 Years Ago
The earliest dildos unearthed in China are from the burial chamber of King Liu Sheng of the Western Han Dynasty, more than two thousand years old. These dildos were bronze, hollow, could be filled with warm water, and were often decorated with spiral patterns. Even more impressive was the raised dot at the end of the dildo, which was used to stimulate the female clitoris.
250 Years Ago
In 2015, archaeologists found an 8-inch-long dildo made of leather in the toilet of a monument in Gdansk, Poland, in very good condition. The local monument preservation service said, "These sex toys date back to the 18th century, about 250 years ago."
Medieval Europe
Witches on broomsticks comes from medieval Europe, when some women used to masturbate by rubbing hallucinogens on their broom handles, which was considered evil by most people at the time. The term witch on a broomstick became synonymous with evil.
Documented records of dildos date back to ancient Greek times, when merchants there were already selling goods called "Olisbos. They were made of stone, leather, and wood. These olisbos were sold by merchant ships throughout the Mediterranean as sexual refuges for lonely women.
Glass dildos were first mentioned in 1590 in the works of Thomas Nashe, an English Elizabethan writer.
In the 17th century, stores selling dildos appeared in Italy. According to the Oxford Dictionary, the word "dildo" comes from a pineapple-flavored bread in the shape of a dildo called olisbokollikes. The bionic product is also known as "comfort bread“.
In the mid-nineteenth century, the world's first rubber dildo was introduced. The first double-ended rubber dildo appeared in the late 19th century.
Today's dildos are commonly made of silicone, which is softer and closer to the touch of human skin, making silicone dildos more comfortable and enjoyable to use than any previously known artificial dildo.
Which of the dildos introduced in this article do you like best? Feel free to drop me a line in the comments section!
