Sex machine

{{Short description|Mechanical devices used to simulate human sexual activity}}

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A sex machine is a mechanical device used to simulate human sexual intercourse or other sexual activity.Leung, Isaac (2009). The Cultural Production of Sex Machines and the Contemporary Technosexual Practices. In Grenzfurthner, J. et al., eds. Do androids sleep with electric sheep? Critical perspectives on sexuality and pornography in science and social fiction. RE/SEARCH, {{ISBN|978-1-889307-23-7}}

Devices can be penetrative or extractive. The term fucking machine is generally used to describe a penetrative machine which works by the transfer of rotational or reciprocating force from a motor to a directional motion on a shaft tipped by a dildo.Farrell, Lauralee (2007). Dream Machine. In The Best American Erotica 2007, p. 2077. ff., Susie Bright, ed. Simon and Schuster, {{ISBN|978-0-7432-8962-7}} A hand-held modified reciprocating saw device is sometimes called a fucksaw,Clark-Flory, Tracy (March 3, 2011). [http://www.salon.com/life/sex_education/?story=/mwt/feature/2011/03/03/sex_ed The "live sex show" professor speaks.] Salon.com a hand-held modified drill motor rotating device is sometimes called a drilldo,Arnott, Stephen (2010). Sex: A User's Guide. Random House Digital, Inc., {{ISBN|978-0-440-33437-8}} and a modified jigsaw is called a jillsaw.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIrVWka6dfI|title=Jillsaw|website=YouTube|access-date=24 September 2019}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}} An extractive device works like a milking machine and can be attached to the penis, breast, or other body part.Browne, Ray Broadus (1982). Objects of special devotion: fetishism in popular culture, p. 49 Popular Press, {{ISBN|978-0-87972-191-6}}

History and use

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Built in 1900, the first known sex machine was a self-operated device that sprayed milk into the vagina to simulate ejaculation.{{cite book|title=The Color of Kink: Black Women, BDSM, and Pornography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1mm3DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA196|first=Ariane|last=Cruz|publisher=NYU Press|date=2016|isbn=9781479827466|pages=196–197}}

The vibrator was originally invented for the treatment of hysteria in Victorian women through medical orgasm induced by clitoral massage{{Citation needed|reason=the current reference finds that there is no evidence of this|date=December 2024}}. These early mechanical devices were much larger and more powerful than the modern vibrators; they were first used by physicians and became popular in bath houses in Europe and the US towards the beginning of the 20th century.{{cite book|title=The Technology of Orgasm: "Hysteria," the Vibrator, and Women's Sexual Satisfaction|first = Rachel|last = Maines|author-link = Rachel Maines|publisher = Johns Hopkins University Press|year = 1999|isbn = 0-8018-6646-4}} More compact, electrically powered versions later briefly appeared as health aids in department store catalogs.

Modern automated erotic stimulation devices differ from vibrators because they penetrate as well as throb. These devices are sometimes used as part of autoerotic or partnered bondage play. Teledildonics combines use of various sex machines and a web interface, used remotely by a partner.Blue, Violet (2006). The Adventurous Couple's Guide to Sex Toys. Cleis Press, {{ISBN|978-1-57344-254-1}}, chapter 6: Teledildonics toys: online sex for two Modern sex machines on the market include vacuum pumps, instruments that deliver calibrated electrical shocks to the nipples and genitals, and life size inflatable male and female dolls with penetrable and vibrating orifices.

The conference Arse Elektronika regularly features demonstrations of sex machines and academic debates about these devices.

Risk of injury

In 2009, a woman from Maryland required a medical evacuation after the blade of a homemade sex machine cut through the plastic dildo and caused severe vaginal injuries.Stabley, Matthew (March 11, 2009). [http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Woman-Severely-Injured-in-Sex-ToyPower-Tool-Encounter.html Woman Injured in Power Tool Sex Toy Encounter.] NBC Washington

Examples

Fuckzilla (by kink.com): a sex machine featuring a dildo and a licking device (2007){{citation|surname1=Lane Hartwell|magazine=Wired|title=So Who Wants to F**k a Robot?|issn=1059-1028|date=2007-10-06|url=https://www.wired.com/2007/10/so-who-wants-to/|access-date=2019-03-16

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Nekropneum Fuckenbrust Neckhammer 40k: a sex machine by group monochrom that was featured at NRW-Forum Düsseldorf in March 2019{{cite web|title=Warum es in Düsseldorf jetzt einen Darkroom voller Sexroboter gibt|url=https://www.bento.de/gadgets/nrw-forum-warum-es-in-duesseldorf-einen-darkroom-voller-sexroboter-gibt-a-400a1c63-5efc-4cf0-b645-d5a2d92f343e|access-date=2019-03-15|last=Jan Petter}}{{cite web|title=Mensch und Maschine: Digitalfestival zum Thema Robotik im NRW-Forum|url=http://www.duesseldorfer-anzeiger.de/die-stadt/duesseldorf-digitalfestival-meta-marathon-zum-thema-robotik-im-nrw-forum-aid-1.7685465|access-date=2019-03-15|last=Alexandra Wehrmann|date=8 March 2019}}{{cite web|title=Meta Marathon Düsseldorf: Fünf Tipps|url=https://www.wz.de/nrw/duesseldorf/kultur/meta-marathon-duesseldorf-fuenf-tipps_aid-37469707|access-date=2019-03-15|last=Westdeutsche Zeitung|date=15 March 2019|language=de}}

In popular culture

In Episode 2/20 of Boston Legal, "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," Shirley Schmitt represents a client whose Victorian erotica collection includes a "hysteria machine" (a steam-powered, piston-operated dildo) used by Victorian doctors to help women deal with their sexual needs during the Victorian Age.Leahy, Janet & Broch, Lawrence. "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," Boston Legal, Episode 2/20. First aired March 26, 2006.

In the 2008 film Burn After Reading, US Treasury agent Harry Pfarrer builds a pedal-powered "dildo chair".Gilbey, Ryan (2008). That Superior Feeling: The Coen Brothers' Espionage Comedy-Is an Exercise in Smugness. New Statesman, Volume 21, p. 45 The pornographic website Fucking Machines has been featured in the mainstream press as a source of information and depictions of uses.[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/magazine/29kink.t.html "A Disciplined Business"] by Jon Mooallem, The New York Times Magazine, April 29, 2007.

In 2011, J. Michael Bailey provided a forum for a live demonstration of a sex machine device to his class at Northwestern University, which led to international press coverage, questions about appropriate college coursework, and questions about academic freedom vis-a-vis tenure.{{cite web|last=Clark |first=Tracy |url=http://www.salon.com/2011/03/03/sex_ed_6/ |title=The "live sex show" professor speaks |work=Salon.com |date=2011-03-03 |access-date=2013-04-17}}[http://gawker.com/5774501/americas-greatest-university-demonstrates-fucksaw-for-captivated-students Gawker] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123095908/http://gawker.com/5774501/americas-greatest-university-demonstrates-fucksaw-for-captivated-students |date=2015-01-23 }}, March 3, 2011.

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