Hey, I've had this book for a few years -
[American Sex Machines: The Hidden History of Sex at the U.S. Patent Office by Hoag Levins. 1996. Adams Media Corp. Holbrook Mass.] - It's a collection of patents for sex gadgetry.
My favorite section is Chapter 13 - "Anti-Rape Technology" which includes a pretty remarkable selection of protective vaginal inserts that are all much more horrifying than extra-vaginal chastity belt/armor patents -
Here's George Vogel's basic vaginally-inserted spike (1977).
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| George Vogel's anti-rape vaginal spike (1977). |
Alston Levesque's "penis locking and lacerating vaginal insert." Those things on the side are RAZORS! (1977):
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| Alston Levesque's penis locking and lacerating vaginal insert (1977). |
This one's interesting - Charles Barlow's vaginal harpoon tube (in 1 & 3 prong models - 1979):
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| Charles Barlow's vaginal harpoon tubes (1979). |
And for the girl with everything - Dirk Coetzee's "spring powered vaginal spike" (1979) which actually LAUNCHES a spike INTO the invading penis:
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| Dirk Coetzee's spring-powered vaginal spike (1979). |
I'd be careful removing that one.
There are more, but these are the highlights.
[Originally posted on I'm Nacho Steppinstone, Apr. 21, 2004]
