History - "Golden Age" | Probing the “Golden Age” 4/4

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Hello Everyone,

There are some aspects of the so called “Golden Age of enemas” that I would like to understand more about, and that I think would bear some discussion, and open up some interesting debate.

Firstly, can any of the longer serving members, or perhaps the moderators give any information as to when the term golden age was first used on the board, and in what context? Which came first, the title of the topic, using the phrase “golden age”, or many readers speaking of history, and referring to it as the “golden age”.

Secondly, do we have a definition of “golden age”? Does it refer to the frequency of enema usage, particularly as a home remedy, or to the more historic and traditional equipment used to give an enema, or to the much larger volumes given, usually of soap and warm water, as opposed to the small volume chemical compounds like a Fleet enema? Perhaps the “golden age” is defined by all of the factors I have listed.

Thirdly, we probably all have some idea as to when it was transitioning from the “golden age” to the age of convenience, or whatever we choose to call the present. Probably, the twilight of the golden age began after WW2 and the fifties, or if we want a specific date, perhaps we should look for the first patent issued for a chemical low volume enema. My point being, that if we say that the golden age has passed, then we should be able to indicate when this transition took place - and clearly, it cannot be one discrete date.

Next, if we speak of a golden age, then we should be able to say when it began, just as we can say that the Dark Ages began with the fall of the Roman Empire, and continued until the Italian Renaissance. So, when can we say that the golden age of enemas began?

Now, given that there is a preponderance of members from the USA, is there an implied notion that the golden age was a solely American phenomenon, or indeed, as one might expect, was the golden age more universal across many countries, but coterminous, or indeed, might there have been numerous golden ages in different countries, at different times, rather like the so-called industrial revolutions?

Finally is it possible that there was not a golden age at all, but that enemas have been a medical mainstay since Egyptian times, and it is only in the latter part of the 20th Century that the normal practice began to morph into the age of convenience, or the age of the disposable or the throw away age?

I have some views of my own, and I think this could be the basis of some interesting debate and understandings, but like all discussions, shouldn’t we define our terms first, so that we have a common understanding of what we are referring to?

I think we need to have a little more definition here, and in developing a common understanding, of the meaning of the term the “golden age of enemas”, we can advance our understanding of the practice of, as well as the medical, social, and indeed, economic context of the enema.

What do other members think, and can we all help to forge a better understanding?*

Looking forward to responses, ideas, and discussion.

What do you think enema aficionados?

Kind regards,

Delia

Sparks

You could argue about this in several directions, but my take on what was a “Golden age” in this country was the 40's to the 70's when

Enemas were de rigeur in most households. I suspect a good number of members on this site would testify that they had early experiences from childhood and teen years when they were introduced to Enemas and rectal thermometers on a regular or semi-regular basis which wired them in a sexual way. It was the “go to” remedy in many cases. This was certainly my experience. Enema equipment could be found in catalogues (Sears, Montgomery Wards), were commonplace in every drugstore. They were easy to come by. Then for whatever reason (and it seems around the late 70's) it all died out. Enema magazines started to dwindle. The Sherema Clinic died in the mid 80's. Do I wish all this stuff were still around? Absolutely! The equipment alone was spectacular and now nearly impossible to find. People born in the 40's, 50's, and 60's are a mainstay on this site due to this golden age of Enemas. Someday, someone will recognize that a study of this phenomenon merits attention. Did it die out because it suddenly acquired a stigma of deviant, perverted, or unhealthy behavior? Will it ever be understood for what it is, in many cases a “side dish”….something that delivers powerful orgasms? Be interesting to find out.

LisaK

I think the biggest change is the simple fact that we are now in what my Dad calls “The post-privacy era”

The opportunities to do things without anyone else knowing especially for teens and pre-teens were vast compared to today.

Repetitious Old Bastard

Reading posts here - thoughts of when doctors made house calls; a golden age that has long since passed. Apart from the enema that would usually follow such visits; the doctor arriving with his black leather medical bag stands out in my mind 😈

Vicki V

Could we be in the Detox Age? Judging by the amount of attention coffee enemas and the sale of enema bags are given on the Internet, there’s some kind of Age happening. There’s a “little secret” that I would love to hear revealed in one of these coffee enema videos — “and the orgasm was amazing!” Come on ladies, it's not just the detox!

Tommy Barebum

You know, in reading about the golden enema age lost because parents are too busy to give enemas to their kids (as our parents did us, paraphrasing) is perplexing to me. Is it lost on us that along with these golden age enemas, was instilled a medical fetish, shaping an innocent child's sexuality for life? Spankings too. Now I'm hearing that because of the "post privacy" era kids aren't spanked anymore--like that's a bad thing. All this in the context of mourning the waning poplularity our favorite kinks!

Presumably that "Golden age" was one in which enemas were presented medically as some magical panacea--which they weren't. That alone's reason for doing them sparingly these days, even in hospitals: respect for boundaries! Spankings we're just "discipline" & not supposed to be a kink. Whatever the intention, both spanking & enemas provide sphincter stimulation, & on a young mind that's undergoing developmental changes. How can those encroachments on those most intimate, private areas not going to become highly sexualized? I personally find it hard to believe that all the parents' intentions were purely medical or disciplinary (per se) in those golden age practices. (Even a recent thread: 'were you spanked by those you believe had a spanking fetish?')

I'm not being sanctimonious or judgemental about this. There's just an incongruity here that I can't wrap my head around. The concept of anyone assuming that kind of control of a kid. As for me, I've already written here that I'm not fond of children, & under no circumstances do I want to teach or take any responsibility for them.

I personally resent being treated as I had been as a kid. I had one enema, an ice water enema at age 4, done with a large red bulbed douche, with a wide long black nozzle, to break a fever. It was not fun. (Though at 19 I stole that douche to pleasure/torture myself & used it until the bulb cracked apart from old age.) Never a bare bottom spanking, but constantly slapped in the face, & hit all over the body with a thick 3" × 12" souvenir brass ruler. My teachers were monsters, & I HATED my old perv pediatrician who was always pulling down my pants in front of my parents, until even my parents decided to get me sane physician who stayed away from my privates for the rest of my young life (few!)..

I must say, on a visceral, primaly sexual level, I envy many of these childhood golden age remeniscances written about on zitybiz. They're so ‘out there" they seem made up, but I think to myself, " why could that’ve been me"--spankings & all! Yeah, kind of a golden, kinky Never-Never Land utopia .But, my intellect says it's wrong, & no way to treat a kid, except me!

Moppys jalopy

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I would say anything before the advent of the Fleet type enema. I know my grandmother used them on her kids regularly in the 30s and they were used long before that. The Fleet was probably used commonly starting in late 60's to early 70s and hastened the end. I also think the medical community looks on them these days with distaste and as a last resort.