It’s Memorial Day! It’s the unofficial start of summer, so while you’re firing up the grills and heading to the beach, I’m bringing you something special from the air conditioned offices of HotMoviesForHer. You see, I was somewhat of a history nerd in undergrad (and in life, really) so the ladies of HM4H have asked me to share some interesting facts in the history of sex and sexuality. Memorial Day isn’t all about military history, it’s about remembering what got us to where we are today – I think that includes evidence of the first sex toys.

Happy Memorial Day!

-M.

• The word “pornography” comes from the Greek, meaning “a place to record prostitutes.”
• The most successful pornographic movie of all time is 1972′s Deep Throat starring Linda Lovelace. It cost less than $25,000 to make it and has earned more than $100 million dollars over time.
• The first opposite sex couple to be shown in bed on American TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone! In live action TV, the first time this happened was in 1947′s Mary Kay and Johnny, television’s first sitcom.
• Marilyn Monroe, the most celebrated sex icon of the 20th century, once confessed to a friend that despite her three husbands and a myriad of lovers, she had never experienced an orgasm.
• Findings of archaeologists show that ancient Egyptians used dildos as far back as 2,500 years ago! The first dildos were made of stone, tar, wood and other materials that could be shaped as a penis and that were firm enough to be used as penetrative sex toys.
• Early forms of birth control included women using oiled paper and beeswax as a form of a cervical cap! The first condom appeared in the 17th Century and was made out of animal intestine.
• In 1946, Gandhi publicly confessed that he had been taking naked girls to bed with him for years – to test his mastery of celibacy.

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