What Is a Sex Machine?
The simplest definition of a sex machine is a machine that is designed for sexual purposes.
This means that a wide range of toys and devices, whether simple or complex, mechanical or electronic or battery operated, qualify as sex machines.
Oxford Online defines the word “machine” as “an apparatus using or applying mechanical power and having several parts, each with a definite function and together performing a particular task.”
Add the purpose of sex, masturbation, sexual arousal, or sexual stimulation to a machine and you have a sex machine.
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Wikipedia defines “sex machine” this way: “A sex machine is a mechanical device used to simulate human sexual intercourse or other sexual activity.”
Sex machines are often described as being either penetrative or extractive—they are designed to penetrate or thrust into human orifices, or they have a “milking” action that pulls or sucks. There are sex machines with other actions, such as vibrating, or those that simulate sexual fantasies and experiences electronically.
Though we tend to think of sex machines as large, elaborate devices that require operation, such as fuck saws, there are a many different kinds of toys and devices that are sex machines. You likely play with some kinds of sex machines already!
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Read on to discover a range of sex machines that you can try.
12 Types of Sex Machines
1. Fleshlights
Fleshlights are an enormously popular kind of sex toy designed for male masturbation. They are so named because they are similar in size and look to a flashlight, but created with silicone or other materials and an orifice for the insertion of the penis.
Fleshlights are generally used mechanically with one hand pushing and pulling or stroking the device back and forth or up and down. Some come with battery or electronic vibration.
Fleshlights are sometimes called pocket pussies and some are designed to replicate the vaginas of female porn stars. They can also mimic the anus or the mouth. Some cater to other fantasies such as the alien style fleshlight.
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2. Vibrators
Early vibrators were sex machines designed as medical devices to calm hysterical women—powerful Hitachi-style wands that vibrated against the clitoris. The idea was that achieving more orgasms would placate women who were unhappy or had stress-induced illnesses. It was a great idea born from misogynist thinking.
Today, vibrating sex machines come in every shape and size with a variety of power ranges. They can be as tiny as a bullet, in realistic shape and size of a cock, or in a silicone shape like a hand palm or a similar form that is pressed against the clitoris.
The classic wand model is typically used for muscle massage and therapy but is still a popular choice as a sex machine.
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3. Clitoral Suction Toys
Clitoral suction toys are sex machines that use vibration and air pressure to stimulate the clitoris. They are generally small and handheld devices, famously crafted like a rose or just a sensual, sculptural silicone shape, among others.
They are used externally against the clitoris but are powerful enough to stimulate the whole clitoral nerve network underneath and inside.
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4. Thrusting Sex Machines
There are handheld and stationary thrusting sex machines in a range of styles and powers. They can resemble more simple vibrator dildos but are designed to simulate intercourse with an in-and-out mechanism. Others have a base that is detached from the penetrating dildo and mechanically simulates thrusting.
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5. Sybian Sex Machines
The Sybian sex machine is a kind of a saddle that she straddles. It has an attached cock to penetrate her, vibrates and thrusts.
6. Milking Machines and Vacuum Pumps
Rather than thrusting, some sex machines are designed to “milk.” They stimulate the cock with a milking action. Vacuum pumps use a suction and pumping power. These sex machines can be relatively simple or they can be electronic and even “smart”—some attach to porn, or partners online who can control the action.
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7. E-Stim Sexy Toys
Electronic stimulation are a range of sex machine toys that use electric currents to stimulate nerve endings and tissue. These devices range from nipple e-stim to penetrating wands.
E-stim sex machines are specially designed to deliver safe electric currents to the body. Do not make your own or swap other devices that aren’t designed for sex!
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8. Sex Dolls with Penetrable and Vibrating Orifices
Some sex dolls are sex machines designed to penetrate or for penetration, to vibrate, contract, move, moan, or warm.
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9. Remote Control Sex Toys
There are many kinds of sex machines that operate by remote control, including vibrating panties, vaginal inserts, and cock rings. These are under the control of one’s self or a partner, who is present or on the other side of the world, making wonderful possibilities for long-distance love.
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10. Virtual Reality Sex Toys
The Handy is a virtual reality sex machine that promises to “bridge the gap between fantasy and reality.” It comes in a his model (more precisely, a model for “all humans with a penis”) and is coming soon in the Oh! model that uses soundwaves to stimulate the clitoral and vaginal nerves.
These toys operate with partners or with virtual fantasy, for the ultimate mind-body experience.
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11. Spanking Machines
This kind of sex machine is an automated electronic device designed to spank. It can be used for solo play or masturbation, or as part of a BDSM scene. Spanking machines are designed to spank and can come with different speeds or forces of impact, and can be used with a variety of paddles, flogs, and brushes.
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12. Modified Power Tools
When we hear the words “sex machines,” the modified power tools is usually what comes to mind. They have names like the Fucksaw, Drilldo, and Jillsaw. These are hardcore and powerful devices that take up some serious space.
Think of the kind of power saws you see in a carpentry workshop, but designed to thrust. Basically they are power saws with a dildo attachment, but designed specifically for sex.
These sex machines operate to simulate penetrative sex, with adjustable speeds of thrusting and power. Some are designed specifically for anal penetration.
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Sex Machine Museum
Those who are fascinated by human sexuality, by devices and machines, by history, or by kink and fetishes may find the Sex Machine Museum in Prague especially fascinating. This one-of-a-kind museum was founded in 2001 and attracts thousands of international visitors.
Humans are famously inventive and creative, and of course, we are sexual. The resulting combination is an extraordinary history of devising and implementing ways to get off. Early BDSM toys, “copulation tables” that are hundreds of years old, mechanical erotica, unrealized patents, medical fetish gear, and modern inventions are all on display.
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