Rachel Maines
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Sep 21, 2026
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The idea was
ElleHOST
popularized by Rachel Maines in her 1999 book, The Technology of Orgasm, where she claimed that doctors grew tired from manually massaging patients' genitals to orgasm, prompting the invention of the electromechanical vibrator.
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Lack of proof.
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Recent historical investigations have shown that Maine's primary sources did not actually describe doctors inducing orgasms through clitoral massage.