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The Technology of Orgasm

"Hysteria," the Vibrator, and Women's Sexual Satisfaction

by Rachel P. Maines

1998 181 pages eng ★ 5.0 (3 ratings)

The author explores hysteria in Western medicine throughout the ages and examines the characterization of female sexuality as a disease requiring treatment. Medical authorities, she writes, were able to defend and justify the clinical production of orgasm in women as necessary to maintain the domina…

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