The discussion revolves around various types of treatments for women's health and highlights the potential threat to bodily autonomy and freedom. Some of these treatments include forced medical treatments at the discretion of husbands and orgasm treatments that are falsely classified as medicine.
The speaker provides some context and general information about dildos, including a description of a hand-cranked one that looks like an egg beater, and mentions their familiarity with how women use dildos in general.
The history of the vibrator's invention is shrouded in mystery and misinformation. Despite what popular beliefs might suggest, vibrators were originally marketed to male doctors as a labor-saving device in the 19th century.
This podcast episode discusses the early days of medicine, before germ theory and centralized medical schools, when all kinds of people were calling themselves doctors and trust in the medical profession was low. It also highlights the prevailing belief at the time that women do not experience sexual pleasure.
From forced medical treatments to the belief that hysteria was caused by a wandering uterus, the history of the diagnosis of hysteria has a long and troubling past.