It’s a shame that discoveries and inventions about sex aren’t rewarded with Nobel prizes – these five people certainly should have been.
Joseph Granville and the electric vibrator
In 1880, psychotherapist Joseph Granville came up with a way to treat female hysteria, which he believed was caused by ladies’ lack of sexual satisfaction. He built a metal device with a special round tip that vibrated.
The “healing effect” worked. Women quickly got rid of “psychological problems”. It wasn’t long before vibrators were mass-produced commercially.
Result: Since then, vibrators have not changed conceptually, although they are available in the strangest forms. Many inventors were intrigued by the idea of a vibrating object, and both vibrating vaginas and vibrating anuses were invented.
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Beate Uhse and the largest sex industry in Europe
After the start of World War II, German women found themselves in such a dire situation that they had to work as prostitutes. When three of Beate’s friends became pregnant at the same time, she wrote a simple and clear article on a stolen typewriter about preventing unwanted pregnancies using the calendar method. For 5 pounds of butter, Beate agreed with a typographer to have her article printed. 2,000 booklets were produced, which Beate Uhse sold to passers-by on the street at a ridiculous price. The booklets were sold out instantly.
In 1946, Beate Uhse opened the world’s first sex shop in Germany. Later, she founded a film studio and a 24-hour erotic television channel.
Result: Practically all major cities in Europe and America have a sex shop.
Margaret Sanger and the Hormonal Birth Control Pill
Margaret was born into a poor family with many children at a time when people only knew about condoms, which were banned in the United States. Looking at her mother, who was barely able to provide for her large family, teenage Margaret swore to herself that she would create a “medicine” for pregnancy. Later, she secretly sold the jewels given to her by her husband and used the money to commission “delicate” research from the famous biologist Gregory Pincus, with whom she shared the idea of miracle drug. In 1960, a biologist developed hormonal contraceptive pills.
Result: Contraceptives now even exist as injections or as subcutaneous implants, which are inserted in capsule form under the skin.
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Robert Chesebrough and Lubricant
Robert Chesebrough patented the first petroleum jelly in 1872, which he called Vaseline. Although not intended for sex, it became a popular choice of lubricant in the mid-1900s because petroleum jelly is a thick compound that has waterproof properties.
At the end of the 19th century, the chemist Frederic Kipping was a pioneer in polymer research, which revolutionized many manufacturing industries and made one of the greatest scientific contributions to the development of modern lubricants. He called this polymer silicone.
Result: There are about 50 different types of lubricants in any sex shop.
Simon Campbell and Viagra
In 1991, pharmacist Simon Campbell led studies of heart preparations involving several men in their fifties who had been affected by heart disease. To Campbell’s surprise, all the men experienced a sudden increase in potency. Specialists realized that the potency was caused by the side effects of the new pills. Soon humanity learned about a new substance – “Phosphodiesterase-5′ and the first drug to use it was Viagra.
Result: The potency enhancement market is in the billions and continues to grow every year.