DILDO OR VIBRATOR - Treasures for the Adult Toy Chest

These very versatile toys have been around for ages. Technically k there is a difference between the two. According to Good Vibrations, dildos are "nonvibrating toys used for insertion the% fill the vagina or rectum, creating a sensation of fullness and pressure that many find highly pleasurable." A vibrator also resembles a penis in shape, but is usually made of a hard plastic material and is battery run. A vibrator's main purpose is to produce vibration wherever the operator wishes it. With the current off, a vibrator can act like a dildo, depending on its shape.

For those who are worried that a vibrator will make you unresponsive to your male partner, do not worry If you are able to orgasm other ways, manually, orally or with water, know that this is just another way—often a faster and more intense way It won't replace your man. Nothing will ever replace men.

Ladies, we know how men have a thing for remote controls, right? Well, there are now vibrators that will allow
him to be in the driver's seat, so to speak, when he operates your vibrator—and obviously, only if you want him to. Men have said these vibrators make them feel more a part of her orgasm, as if he was in charge. After all, isn't everything a matter of perception?

For hygienic reasons, before insertion, both dildos and
vibrators should be dressed with a condom. It also makes
cleanup easier.

Ladies, these things are ancient! The presence of dildos is recorded in ancient Greek, Roman, and Egyptian art; there are also records of French troops giving their wives dildos as masturbatory aids before they marched off to war. In terms of vibrators, according to historian Rachel Maines, these toys were used as early as the 1880s as a medical appliance, "designed to improve the efficiency of medical massage, a task performed since ancient times by physicians, midwives, and their assistants from the time of Hippocrates to that of Freud." Medical and midwifery texts of the 1600s explained that this type of "treatment generally consisted of the insertion of one or more fingers into the vagina and the application of friction to the external genitalia with the other. . . . The objective was to induce hysterical paroxysm, manifested by rapid respiration and pulse, reddening of the skin, vaginal lubrication, and abdominal contractions."

By 1900, "a wide range of vibratory apparatus was available to physicians. Articles and textbooks on vibratory massage technique at the turn of the century praised the machines' versatility for the treatment of nearly all diseases in both sexes, and its [sic] efficiency of time and labor, especially in gynecological massage." Until the late 1920s, vibrators were advertised in women's magazines as home appliances, primarily as an aid to good health and relaxation but with ambiguous overtones, as one advertisement promised, "All the pleasures of youth will throb within you." Maines believes that vibrators fell into disrepute when they started being used for psychotherapeutic treatments and/or when they began appearing in the stag films of the 1920s where their obvious sexual use could not be overlooked. So there is a possibility your grandmama may have been more progressive sexually than you first thought.

Choosing a Dildo That's Right for You
As we head into the twenty-first century there is a style and type of dildo and vibrator to suit every person. Some are completely lifelike, having been molded from real people, often porn stars. Others are disguised creatively. The reason? In Texas, dildos are considered an obscene device, which is defined in their penal code as "any object designed and marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs." So sex shops sell them as "condompracticing devices." According to one manufacturer of unique shapes, "Most of the unusual dildos sell okay in the Bible belt, because regular dildos aren't legal there, but the people want something they can use, and they like my cacti especially" Who knew? Most importantly, choose a style that suits you. You have your choice of:

Size:

• Sizes range from very small to full arm size. The larger are admittedly for a specialized "niche" market.

Material:
• Plastic, silicone, metal, rubber, vinyl, Jelee (trade name for a soft, clear, often colored plastic)

 Shape:

• Straight, curved, lifelike, ridged, smooth, egg, telescoping, and a special design suitable for Gspot/prostate stimulation

• With or without "balls" • Double dildos for simultaneous penetration for the two partners

Vibrating Features:

• With vibrating dildos, typically the vibrating part will be aligned to stimulate the clitoris while the shaft portion is inserted vaginally. Meanwhile, the shaft portion can be doing something nifty, such as rotating, twisting at the head, or pulsing in and out at the same time the clitoris is being stimulated.

• Power source from battery or electricity.

 

Color:
• Any color you like: black, brown, pink, flesh, clear, purple, white, solids, stripes, sparkles--the list is quite
endless

Harnesses:
• Dildos can be used "freestyle" in your hand, or attached to a harness, which is made of leather or fabric and worn around your hips.

• Thigh harnesses can be used by either sex when you want full body contact. One seminar attendee told of how her husband, who is paraplegic, fulfilled her beyond her wildest dreams. "He was finally able to penetrate me--I didn't think it was possible." You never know when these toys will work their magic. 

How to Use Them:
• Breathe. In any sexual act, breathing is your friend and deep breathing will heighten the sensations. Apply  to clitoris. Using a vibrator, have your partner stimulate your clitoris—this will add a significant buzz to partner sex. You can cushion the vibration through a garment or the fleshy outer labia. Often women find direct clitoral stimulation too intense until they are more excited. Use a range of stroking motions up and down the clitoral ridge.

• Insert vaginally. Insert either a dildo or vibrator in the vagina; the first 11/2 inches are the most sensitive.

• Anally. For those ladies and their men who enjoy anal play, a small butt plug dildo or a vibrating dildo will send you heavenward. Men who enjoy this typically choose a slim little wand style that can be inserted while he's masturbating or while you are manually stimulating him.

• In combination. Use a dildo on yourself or with a partner. This can be accomplished by wearing a harnessed dildo. Depending on design a female wearer may have a vaginal plug dildo in the harness for herself while the "front loaded" dildo is available to penetrate their partner. This way everyone can have the
feeling of fullness.