Buzz

Once only whispered about, vibrators now pervade pop culture. In this suprisingly stimulating story of how these once-taboo toys become socially acceptable, Hallie Lieberman-who holds the world's first PhD in the history of sex toys-traces the tales from lubricant in Ancient Greece to the first condom in 1560 to advertisements in 19th-century magazines, and explores in particular the changes from the 1950s to the present.