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Have you ever sat there, wondering to yourself, where in the world did sex dolls come from and who on earth thought them up? I don't know about you, but I know that I sure have. Sex dolls are one of those odd creations that no one is really sure where it came from. This may be partially due to the fact that it's not necessarily considered polite to bring up sex toys in every day conversation. It is, however, an intriguing concept, and it has a fairly interesting history.

See, the predecessor to the modern day sex doll was a makeshift masturbation “doll” created out of sewn or old clothes. They were used by French and Spanish sailors when those said sailors had to be isolated at sea without a female presence for long periods of time. Men will be men, and they needed some type of aid in their 'release.' The French called the dolls 'dame de voyage,' and the Spanish called them 'dama de viaje.' I suppose that these makeshift masturbators were preferred over the cabin boy to the majority of sailors, but I could be wrong.

The manufacturing of sex dolls can be dated back to 1908. At least, this is when these dolls make their first documented appearance, as noted in Iwan Bloch's The Sexual Life of Our Time. “In this connection we may refer to fornicatory acts effected with artificial limitations of the human body, or of individual parts of that body....from rubber and plastic materials, prepare entire male or female bodies which...sub-serve fornicatory purposes.” That was the first documentation of sex dolls that the world ever saw. Even back then, in such a modest era, the reviews were of a highly complimentary nature.

The first sex doll to be marketed as what it truly was, however, did not occur until the year 1955. She was a sex doll modeled after an incredibly sexual cartoon character from Germany named Lilli. The doll herself was named Bild Lilli, and was created by one Max Weissbrodt. Strangely enough, this sex doll actually looked fairly similar to the modern day barbies our children play with. Ironic, isn't it?

Today, sex dolls are produced in an innumerable amount of variations. From tall and skinny to fat and short; light skin to dark skin; cheap and unrealistic to incredibly expensive and sophisticated. Whatever you like best, you are able to find a sex doll that will fit the description almost to a T. The history of the sex doll according to Blowupsexdolls is an interesting story, and in fact, it is, quite literally, a rags to riches story...