The Ladies Comforter: Advertising and selling dildos at the turn of the twentieth century
This lecture examines early twentieth-century mail-order catalogues that advertised rubber sex toys, including dildos, and how sellers courted women who slept with women under obscenity laws. AI summary of the listing
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In the early twentieth century clandestine producers of pornography and erotic goods promoted their illegal erotic photos and goods through postal circulars and catalogues which customers read in their own homes. These catalogues promoted a number of rubber sex toys including dildos. This lecture explores these advertisements and how sellers were openly courting engagement by women who slept with women. This lecture…
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