History of the Rabbit Vibrator

Ever wondered where the ever-popular rabbit vibrator came from? For that matter, why are they rabbit shaped?

The Japanese Influence

Much like many other pieces of hi tech equipment we've come to rely on, the rabbit vibrator has its origins in Japan. The modelling of sex toys based on cute and cuddly animals mirrors Asian culture which neatly explains the influx of toys shaped like rabbits, dolphins, lady bugs, and other whimsical designs.

Japanese Vibrator - No Phallus Here!

No Genitals Please - We're Japanese!

Now, those chaste Japanese folks have actually made it illegal for sex toys that resemble genitalia to be manufactured and sold.

Not to be put off, Japan's sex toy designers simply created vibrators which had all the "essential" features, but which bore no resemblance to an engorged penis.

Some models include a human face on the underside of the head of the vibrator, designed so the head itself looks like the person�s hair. Like most Japanese designs, their rabbit vibrators are famous for their attention to aesthetic concerns. Check out the stunning (and slightly intimidating!!) Bingo Vibrator.

Before the Rabbit Revolution

Before the rabbit, sex toys were designed with a strong bias towards a male perspective on what was sexy. Basically, this meant that vibrators were restricted to huge and garish throbbing penis type affairs.

Most women would never dream of going into a sex shop, meaning there was no female drive in the market to dictate the design.

A New Day Dawns!

Everything changed with the internet revolution which gave us shy ladies the ability to browse and buy anonymously. Ann Summers sold over a million sex toys in the first year they went online.. now thats a LOT of batteries!

With this new female market sex toy makers realised that us gals just love a bit of clitoral stimualtion, so they came up with vibrators with floppy attachments to provide clitoral and vaginal stimulation at the same time. With this, our much loved rabbit ears were attached, and a new era in female stimulation began!

Sex and the city featuring the jack rabbit vibrator ensured a huge explosion in popularity, and should mean our floppy-eared pal is quite firmly here to stay.

Let's Hear it for the Toys!