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    14 hours ago

    Probably? While it’s weird and gross enough to current sensibilities to be sarcasm, these devices were absolutely used to prevent masturbation for several decades in the US so…who the fuck knows…?

    • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyz
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      these devices were absolutely used to prevent masturbation for several decades in the U

      …what? I thought it’s a fetish thing exclusively.

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        Nope! Medical knowledge was very anti-masturbation for a long time. Devices like this, genital mutilation, and corn flakes (no, really) were all popularized in the US by Dr. Kellogg to prevent masturbation.

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        This particular thing I dunno but we did some horrific shit and allowed other shit even if it wasn’t super common.