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Variety called this hilarious and insightful documentary A sleeper date-movie or marital aid. This is the story of one simple invention, the vibrator, and its relationship to one complex human behavior, the female orgasm. The history of the vibrator and its medical use had virtually vanished until historian, Rachel Maines, researching needlework patterns in early 20th century womens magazines, ran across ads for electric vibrators. Piquing her curiosity, she traced the origins of this early electrified appliance and made an astonishing discovery. Under the guise of a medical treatment, Victorian doctors had used vibrators to relieve women of symptoms of hysteria by masturbating them to orgasm. Why did women need this treatment? Female sexual satisfaction was, and continues to be, misunderstood or, worse, ignored.Product Identifiers
UPC9398710865295
eBay Product ID (ePID)13051089778
Product Key Features
ActorJoanne Webb, Reno, Gloria Steinem, Betty Dodson, Betty Friedan, Shirley Chisholm, Rachel P. Maines
RatingM
Movie/TV TitlePassion and Power: the Technology of Orgasm
DirectorEmiko Omori, Wendy Blair Slick
Release Year2007
FormatDVD
LanguageEnglish
GenreSpecial Interest
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Tag LineThe story of one simple invention, the Vibrator.
DistributorRoadshow Home Entertainment