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A strap-on dildo (also strap-on, genitalia or dildo heart) is a dildo designed to be worn, usually with a harness, during sexual activity.[1] Harnesses and dildos are made in a wide variety of styles, with variations in how the harness fits the wearer, how the dildo attaches to the harness, as well as various features intended to facilitate stimulation of the wearer or a sexual partner.[2][3][4] Strap-on dildos can be used by people of any gender or sexuality.[2]

A basic strap-on dildo
A strap-on dildo can be used for a wide variety of sexual activities, including vaginal sex, anal sex, pegging, oral sex, or solo or mutual masturbation.[5] Sexual lubricant can be used to ease insertion.

History Edit
Due to the often taboo nature of strap-on activities, information on their history is difficult to find.

Late 19th-century painting by Édouard-Henri Avril showing the use of a strap-on dildo by lesbians.

Many artifacts from the Upper Paleolithic, known as perforated batons, have been found that some archaeologists believe to be dildos,[citation needed] including a double “baton” with a hole in the middle, theorized to be for a strap to hold it to a wearer.
Female-female dildo usage in ancient China has been documented, but it is not clear if this was double-dildos, strap-on dildos, or just a simple dildo being used by one woman on another.[citation needed] In ancient Greece, dildos were made of stone or padded leather, and some evidence shows aforementioned leather was used to make a harness as well, with olive oil used for anal penetration.
The Kama Sutra (2nd century CE) includes mention of dildos (darshildo in Hindi) made from a wide variety of materials, and used by hand, with ties (straps), or in a harness.
A double-penetration dildo was found in ancient France, but its use is lost to time.[citation needed]

Shunga of two women using tengu mask as Strap-on dildo
A Japanese shunga woodblock picture from the Edo period (1603-1868), depicts strap-on use with a long-nosed tengu mask tied around the hips of one of the women.[6] A 19th-century Chinese painting shows a woman using a dildo strapped to her shoe, showing that creative use of strap-ons was already well under way.[citation needed] French painter and commercial artist Édouard-Henri Avril, (1849 – 1928), was an illustrator of erotic literature under the pseudonym Paul Avril.[7] His works include a painting of two women using a strap-on dildo with a 3-way harness, with a second strap-on lying besides them so that the dildo with the realistic phallus can be seen by the viewer .
In 1899 Michael Haberlandt the Austrian ethnologist documented current and historical use of double-ended dildos in Zanzibar, and is one of the few historical documents of this kind.