I believe that we humans are never more creative than when thinking up ways to get off, and that this principle applies throughout the ages.
Case in point, Victorians thought that women who demonstrated any form of passion or displeasure were crazy, and needed to be treated via a medically sanctioned orgasm. Doctors’ hands couldn’t keep up with the demand, so vibrators were born. (The first ones were actually steam powered!)
Here are more historical facts about our favorite sex toys, and suggestions for how to parlay these facts into super-hot role plays.
Read: Sexual Roleplay: A Guide for Roleplay Beginners
Sex Toy History and Role Plays for Submissives
Butt Plugs
History: Developed in 1882 by a gentleman named Frank E. Young, the butt plug was originally billed as a treatment for piles. Pretty much everyone saw past this, though, thanks to some very graphic literature that accompanied it. Mr. Young made a killing on his invention for forty years, until he was busted for false advertising. Thankfully, the market spoke and we now have all manner of butt plugs to buy and stick up our butts.
Role Play: You—a fresh and hopeful young doctor in the Victorian Era—has just read about this new invention designed to cure hemorrhoids. Your asshole is in need of a little TLC, so you write to Mr. Young to ask for a personal demonstration…
Cock Rings
History: Here’s an image you won’t soon forget: Cock rings were originally made from goats’ eyelids, lashes included! Harkening all the way back to 1200 A.D., Chinese nobility used them to stay hard as they fucked their wives, mistresses and concubines—all on a regular basis—in a desperate attempt sire heirs and maintain their positions of power.
Role Play: You’re a Chinese Emperor and the pressure’s on to impregnate someone, STAT! This is your last chance. Cock ring in place, you try as you might, but you still can’t perform. Shamefully, you’re forced to step down and watch as someone younger, stronger and more manly does the job…
Dildos
History: The oldest known dildo dates back to 23,000 B.C., although I’m sure they’ve existed for longer, as humans (and our associated orifices) have been around for something like 200,000 years. The ancient dildo they found was made of stone, because that’s what lasts, but who’s to say our ancestors didn’t stick all sorts of other things up themselves.
Role Play: As a Master’s student in Archeology with a ton of promise and a desire to please, you jump at the chance to assist with a dig run by your super sexy thesis advisor. Part way through, your trowel hits something long, hard and cylindrical. Your advisor helps you to unearth it, then whispers, “Let me demonstrate what this is for later on tonight”…
Read Kinky Ways to Use a Dildo with Your Lover for more ideas.
Blow-Up Dolls
History: If blow-up dolls could have existed in the stone age, I’m sure they would have. As it stands, they had to wait for a little something called vulcanized rubber to be invented. One “Mr. P” in Paris patented the first inflatable sex doll in 1904. His claim to fame was that he could churn out custom models based on the features of any person, living or dead. Creepy.
Role Play: Your partner has waited so long for their custom blow-up doll (you) to be delivered. For months they’ve been dreaming of all the ways they’re going to violate it, and now that it’s arrived, they can barely contain themselves. Lube up and go limp because no hole is off limits…
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