" Dame de Voyage "

 

Have you ever wondered how sex dolls came to be? It’s, without doubt, a no-shitter historians will talk about for years to come. Nowadays we see the typical blow-up doll thrown around at bachelor & bachelorette parties. But the infamous sex doll had a valid beginning.  It may come as no surprise that there ain’t much literature about the origins of the sex doll.

From the beginning of man’s sexual desire sprang the urge to create something which was female in appearance, but completely amenable and doesn’t bitch all the time! But to talk openly about it was taboo, so therefore most of the myth and legend are just that, and hidden behind the lore in our minds. 

Some of the earliest noted examples of the sex doll was in the 17th century when hand-sewn leather puppets made by European sailors were traded with Japanese sailors. Swabbies in those days were reportedly lonely on long voyages and so, one thing led to another. In those days, sailors spent years at sea traveling on lengthy voyages away from wives and mistresses. In port, these shipmates found relief and companionship, but underway it was buggery or the use of life-sized cloth dolls. They were handcrafted from material stuffed with straw and sawdust and possibly a cannon ball draped with a mop head for a head. Requiring the use of quite the imagination, these were shared amongst the deckhands and held together by dried body fluids. Back in those days the term “dame de voyage” or “dama de viaje” was given to these well-worn receptacles spreading venereal disease amongst the crew.  Hell, the earlier forms of rubber didn’t come about until the mid-19th century.

So what got started as leather puppets in time became your average everyday blow-up doll.  As time goes by, the more realistic the dolls become. Nowadays with all the fancy CGI, AI, and so-on-and-so-forth the interest in elasticated lovemaking has surged like nobody’s business. Them there dolls are damned near real without all the headaches! Imagine from a swab head on a cannonball with lipstick to the futuristic vagina-quiver 2000 with multiple speeds and robot memory to better your pleasure. Who said the human race hasn’t achieved anything?

It’s no surprise that before the more genteel types became an accepted part of ship’s company, sailors surreptitiously made sweet love in dark and secret hidden fan rooms to an inanimate object that keeps its mouth shut and doesn’t talk back. Shipmates argued rather sex with a blow-up doll was even a sin. The question is rather we were versed in the King James Bible or the Rick James version. Our values were conflicted depending on whose side we were on.

Such was the case when a Filipino Chief walked in on the oil lab during an unrep detail only to find the “Oil King” blasting away on his favorite doll with his cohort in crime sitting behind him with cock in hand waiting patiently for his turn on ol’ Dolly! When the only substitute for lovemaking was masturbation or buggery, perhaps the “dame de voyage” was the only sincere option.  Perhaps this is where we get the tales of sirens and mermaids fueling our testosterone fantasies underway. We can certainly appreciate the growth of prostitution in the many ports around the world. They say “Supply always rises to meet Demand.” And so goes the long line at the short-arm inspection window in front of medical. It just goes to show it doesn't pay to get over-inflated or put your prick in the wrong things or places.

 

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