Discovering and exploring the impacts of how technology has been harnessed in the name of sex, is as diverse and nuanced as sex itself.
This blog focuses primarily on the use of electronically generated electro-stimulation sexual gratification, better know as estim. The practice, while growing in popularity, is still in the fringes of sexual activity and most newbies typically envision torture and sadomasochistic practices, but the truth is, most practitioners have no interest in the darker side (yes it exists).
Estim, is a distinctly different form of sexual gratification. It is nothing like masturbation or intercourse, but may be incorporated with either. When initially exposed, the brain seems to intuitively understand that it is sexual, but at the same time nothing in the imagination or experience prepares the brain as to how to interpret it. It is this totally new explosion of sexual sensations that brought to mind the title of this, my initial blog.
My experience is totally from the male perspective, but the practice is certainly not limited to men.
The equipment ranges from crude and potentially dangerous homemade setups to extremely sophisticated and safe digital devices designed specifically for the purpose. While not my experience, many guys report hooking up their model train transformers to their cocks at an early age (not recommended). They likely discovered that they could touch the train tracks with their fingers, did not get the shit shocked out of their bodies and that the sensation actually was interesting. Does not take long for the fertile mind of a boy to take the next step.
I am not going to attempt to do a history of the devices as what is recorded of that is easily found with a few simple web searches, but it was the PC and its widespread availability that really opened up estim exploration. The PC gave us a tool to generate endless and complex waveforms quickly and without cost, which led to an ocean of opportunities. The real issue was that the PC required a stereo amp to boost the signal levels high enough for estim and there are a world of reasons why NOT to connect a stereo amp to the family jewels. Still most of us lost our estim cherry to just such an arrangement.
A few others discovered estim through the medical profession. Okay, not directly, but rather from the use of TENS equipment in physical rehabilitation. TENS is not an ideal stim device, but they are battery powered, easily operated and can deliver sexual gratification. TENS devices are still used by many as inexpensive, but limited, stim sources.
In the past decade the availability of purpose designed estim boxes came of age. Initially there were only a few, but now there is quite an assortment available. One of the early digital boxes and still a favorite, is the ErosTek ET family (ET312 was the original). PES initially offered a rebadged TENS unit, but later developed its own digital design. There are others, but these are the two big players. Unfortunately, a quality, safe, stim specific box does not come cheap with cost running in the $250-$500 range depending of features.
And then there are the electrodes, which can easily exceed the cost of the stim box as they accumulate. Seems that everyone goes thru a DIY stage, then migrates to commercial and/or custom-made trodes, finally winding up with a mixture of the two. There is no question that the largest source of quality commercial stim electrodes is Paradise Electro Stim (PES). As one of the earliest proponents and suppliers, their assortment of electrodes certainly opens up the imagination as to what might feel good. One thing is for certain, once a guy ventures into stimming, he is likely to explore areas of his sexuality that he never imagined existed.
One last thing, stim is NOT a gay thing. Oddly estim seems to be an area where the two sides of male sexuality are in total sync. Many str8 guys will engage in a mutual stim session with a gay guy without giving a moments thought to the fact that from the outside, it might appear as a gay encounter (it is NOT, BTW). Estim is about hooking up, getting juiced sometimes for hours at a time, and ultimately getting off, whether solo or with others. It is raw male sexuality.
So a bit of background and I suspect a lot of questions. As I blog of my experiences hopefully some of the questions will be answered and more will venture into the blissful waters of estim.
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