Antique Adult Toys' Museum opens with a bang!

 Doesn't this device look like it could strip the paint off a car?

We were so gobsmacked to find this story, we are still trying to pick our jaw off the floor. Apparently, sex toys have been in existence for centuries! The electric vibrator had its inception in 1869 with the invention of a steam-powered massager patented by an American doctor. The invention preceded the electric vacuum, iron and frying pan by nearly a decade.

Far from sexy, vibrators pretty much resembled power tools when they were first introduced.  With a nod-and-a-wink, vibrators were originally marketed as "health and beauty" devices or "head massagers." Those in-the-know interpreted their true purpose. At the 1900 Paris Expo, a dozen vibrators were first on display as sexual devices. All these and more are the historical delights you will find when you visit the newly opened the Antique Vibrator Museum in  San Francisco.

If you ask us, we would say they look more like torturing implements...lol