Back in the Victorian era (1837–1901), doctors believed women got sick from a condition called hysteria. basically, if a woman felt anxious, moody, or tired, it was blamed on her womb.

The weirdest part? The "cure" was pelvic massage, yep, doctors manually gave women orgasms (called "hysterical paroxysms") to make them feel better.

Since this "treatment" could take hours, doctors got tired of it and invented vibrators to make it faster. These devices became super popular, first in clinics, then in homes- way before the vacuum or iron! At the time, no one said it was sexual; it was just "medical."

Husbands didn’t help much. It was normal for men to ignore their wives' emotional or physical needs. So when women "acted up," doctors stepped in with this bizarre fix.

Wild, right? What started as a "cure" for made-up illness became the origin of modern sex tech. Thanks, Victorian medicine?