Sex Dolls : A Timeline

Borghild Nazi sex doll

Excellent, if light-hearted article on the history of sex dolls from BlackBookMag.  Not sure if it’s entirely accurate – David Levy has claimed that the Nazi ‘Borghild Field-Hygiend Project’ was a myth.  Nethertheless, fun to read and worth checking out!  Here is a list of the important events (the article details each event) :

8 AD – The first sex doll story told (Ovid’s Metamorphosis)

11th – 12th century – Touching of naked statues encouraged.

15th century – First sex dolls at sea.

1941 – Nazis invent the modern sex doll.

1975 – ‘The Stepford Wives’ premiers.

1985 – The term ‘Gynoid’ coined.

1987 – Britain lifts restrictions on import of sex dolls.

1995 – The inflatable sex sheep sold.

1996 – First realistic sex doll created.

2005 – Japanese company begins renting out ‘Dutch Wives’.

2007 – Lars and the Real Girl premiers.

2007 – The ‘Sexual Audio System’ is invented.

2009 – ‘Nax’, the first male sex doll.

2010 – ‘Roxxxy’, the first sex doll robot.

2010 – Sarah Palin sex doll is released