Title: The technology of orgasm : "hysteria," the vibrator, and women's sexual satisfaction /
Authors: Maines, Rachel, 1950-
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Masturbation history; Orgasm; Genitalia, Female; Sexual Behavior history; Women Sexual behavior History.; Female orgasm History.; Anorgasmy History.; Masturbation History.; Vibrators History.
Abstract: "A titillating and often hilarious account of the rise and fall (as it were) of the vibrator as medical tool for the treatment of hysteria...A book that can delight as well as enlighten." -- Anna Meyers, Journal of the American Medical Association.
Contents: Preface -- Acknowledgments -- The job nobody wanted -- Female sexuality as hysterical pathology -- "My god, what does she want?" -- Inviting the juices downward -- Revising the androcentric model -- Notes -- Notes on sources -- Index.