Human beings have always had a fondness for sex toys. A few years ago, researchers in Germany dug up what is surely one of the world's oldest dildos -- a full eight inches of siltstone love for some prehistoric ancestor's happy orifice. You can check out my post Female Self-Loving and the Dildo: A Short Pleasurable History for more info. This short video from the Kinsey Institute contains some very old "sex toys". I put the term in parenthesis because many of them look more like bawdy party favors (similar to our modern equivalent the penis shaped ice cube tray, which I am sure you all have, right?), than actual devices for sexual stimulation. 


  


We have come a long way since most of these gadgets were invented. We now have toys that will vibrate, shake, stir, suck, squeeze, and penetrate all of your erogenous zones, at the same time, in short order. And some are pretty pricey too. In 2010, a talented French jeweler released a white gold dildo that had an 18 carat diamond ring mounted inside of it. This fancy dick was sold at Maison Victor for a mere 59, 154 dollars (40,000 euro) and was designed "...for rich people who want to declare their love in a special way," according to the manager at Maison Victor. Oh, to be that rich and that horny...