Golden Age

Essentially the period between about 1945 and 1970.

I think it can go back to the 1920s-30s, and many baby boomers (born 1946-64) experienced the bulb, back or can growing up. Even early editions of dr. Spock (I have one) approved of enemas if permitted by the family doctor.

La, the Golden Age, a fascinating and nebulous concept.

It could be the 18-19th centuries when kings an others were devoted to the enema as displayed in many old drawings.

It could be the a 1920s, 30s or 40s when almost every household had its enema bulb or bag and when Sears Catalogues delighted the lust of the anal erotic.

In the 1950's and 70's when the hospital and doctor prescribed home enema remedy declined to be replaced by the Fleets and enema/douche equipment disappeared from pharmacy window displays and people became enema shy might be considered the dark or guilty ages.

But for me the GOLDEN AGE is now. The internet has brought us the open display of easily obtainable equipment.

Never before have we had the opportunity to share our longings and activities in a semi anonymous manner. Videos abound and sites like ours are available.

Now is the GOLDEN AGE.

~ Wizard of Ass

I have to agree with Bob/Bill: NOW is the "golden age" as it has never been as easy to get information about our kinks-and illustrated to boot! The internet has changed the way we interact and can finally find playmates around the country and globe.

Thinking it over, I have to agree with bob/bill. The Internet has been liberating to many of us who emerged from the dark ages.

Yeah, Bob/Bill is right. This IS the Golden Age for US. For others it may have been 20's, 30's, 40's, or 50's; but NOW is when the maj-ority of us are having our greatest Enema sessions.

With the economy the way it is, Enemas are cheap entertainment, and also good for us, so get the best of both.

Gonna hang up the glass percolator this evening and do a few here.

Dan

For me it was the late 40's and early 50's. That is when I was on the receiving end of many enemas given for any and all illnesses.

Whatever the golden age is, Im glad I was part of it! Made me a enema lover big time! Giving and receiving!

Same for me. I'd say the "Golden age' was in the '40's and '50's. Enemas were just a natural thing to do, and no one thought differently about them. It seems like today if you bring up enemas, the standard response is: "eweeeee, how gross". What a shame.

Gotta agree with all who think this is the best time of all. Enemas may have been more "mainstream" in other decade, but I doubt that there has ever been a wider variety of equipment, literature, and images ever before - let alone the ability to enjoy them so easily and quickly via the internet and the computer.

The interesting thing about 'our time' is that the enema's sexual appeal is also out there in addition to the health benefits.

We now seem to be in the "Fleet Age," and even mention of that product openly seems taboo. What a contrast with open displays of equipment and discussion, etc. in the golden era.

I agree grew up in the 50s and seemed everyone I knew got enemas.. I rmember seeing the enema bags hanging form the back of the bathroom door.. I would always check when visiting a friend to see if they had an enema bag and what kind... had many gret discussions about how we got and how often. My mom was the champ I got weekly enemas three each time from as ealy as I can remeber to age 14 and always from the comfy enema bag

I have come to conclude that the Golden Age needs a definition. The period that ended sometime between the 1970's and 1980's was a period or was a time when enemas were a quick fix for a belly ache. Discussion of enemas was quite permissible discourse and everyone had a bag hidden in the open or the bathroom. They were then, as now the perfect remedy for flatulence and constipation.

I believe that the Golden Age ended because, like almost everything else, they were not financially profitable. In a hospital, a nurse would be paid an hour's wages to administer one. A chemical laxative might take five to ten minutes of her time.

At home you bought a bag once and it could last ten years or more. No new bags would be sold to the original purchaser during that period.

I remember when the price of my favorite travel syringe went from four dollars and fifty cents to five dollars. If I take that five dollars and divide it by the ten year life expectancy, I find that that new, higher priced bag costs fifty cents per year. Even a 1970's pharmacy could not survive at that rate. Even the attempt to call them feminine syringes could not keep them in the stores.

Now, I believe that the Golden Age may still be here because Communications has changed.

The advent of the networked computer has brought BBS like this one where we can discuss our propensity in the open and find that we are not alone. Auction sites still tout enema equipment new, antique and used. Someone is buying it! This site's discourse ranges through a wider range of enema topics than would ever be possible across the back fence. Articles about techniques, equipment and results are found not only here, but also everywhere on the web. The non availability of equipment becomes a non issue when we use our creativity and make our own such as my avatar. The age of enemas, although changed, is still with us. Now, go load your bag and enjoy one!

An enema a day keeps the doctor away!

It's an enema, not a race.

73

Bill/K2MMW

Bill/K2mmw -- Very well put! I think you've done a great job of defining the "golden age" and also the many changes that have taken place since its close. Sorry to say money and efficiency are the root causes, yet the simplicity of the simple enema and the low cost of the equipment doesn't make money for anyone, nor does the cost of nursing care to support doing something so simple. We've made progress in so many ways, yet some aspects of our health care system and the exorbitant costs associated with it have driven some basic solutions into the ground. While I'm on that, anyone want to help pay my health care insurance premiums? Right now those premiums cost me nearly 1/4 of my monthly income as a senior. Have we progressed? Buy insurance or eat? That is the question.

Ah yes, the "Golden age of enemas" Back when doctors prescribed them and doctors made house calls. Of course, we all know this came to an end when large corporations went into the "huge" profit mode. I can understand all that, but what I can't understand is the medical doctors themselves outwardly telling patients that enemas were harmful, even though they are definitely not. I tested this a few years ago with asking my doctor if it was okay to take an enema for my constipation. He forthrightly told me not too, as enemas were definitely harmful.

I do believe that the "Golden years" will come back. The fad now is Fleets and colon cleansing but that will change back because of the low cost and the outpouring of information about enemas on websites and the doubts of many that injecting a chemical in their rectum is not as safe as they say. I think ladies will lead the way! In fact there are many Spas that offer enemas on their menus.

I resisted enemas as a child in the 50's and early 60's. Now I wish that I could go back to those good times. I started self-administration at about 12 years old and have never stopped, but I'm always open to a female enemate to share both receiving and giving.

I remember when i was 6 or 7, came into the bathroom and saw hanging on the wall the white enema can with the red hose and the black tip. Always felt a strange sensation because my mom and aunt used it on me several times before. I hated enemas then, but at the Same time feels the need to see the equipment.

Maybe some of you feels the Same.

The golden age to me anyway, is when an enema was the main or part of the family treatment for most all ailments

The golden age of enemas went back well before 1945. Kellogg of corn flake fame ran a clinic early in the 1900's that used enemas as a main part of his therapy and was said to take 4=5 enemas a day himself. There are many references to enemas going back centuries. Naturally I am always looking for any references to enemas. It is the way I am.

Twist

In the mid 50's, the enema was the "cure-all" for every type of illness, and many had them at least weekly.

In my opinion the golden age died out in the early 70's, people started using other remedies, i mean as a child in the 60's yes it was a answer to a lot of issues. Now with further technology and discoveries, the use of an enema especially on a child is not necessary.

In the 40's and \50's enemas was the cureall for everything

In response to WoA's reply concerning "Golden Age". I think what most people in here are are commenting on is "when were enemas given regularly without the "sexual" connotation of today. There are very few movies out there that portray enemas in this light. The "Roughman" videos do make a very nice attempt to portray this and i love them because of it. Don't get me wrong, I love your movies also and you have very beautiful actresses, but how many of them grew up receiving enemas and have the same psychological connection with the enema as would someone who grew up in the 40's 50's or 60's when enemas were given for anything as simple as a sore throat. Parents during that time were pressured to have a "quality" enema bag in the house at all times.

I've had a few "Golden Ages." One, of course, was during the '50's when I was a child. Enemas were not a taboo subject back then, bulbs and bags were readily available and the family equipment would be on display in the bathroom fairly regularly. Seeing equipment in the bathrooms of relatives and friends was not uncommon. Enemas were administered for just about any reason, including just because it had been awhile since my last one. Everyone in the family received regular enemas including mom and dad.

Another Golden Age for me was during the early '90's with a gal friend of mine that enjoyed mutual enema play. Had many sessions with her acting out enema fantasy scenarios. She had grown up as I did in an enema family and loved playing a submissive role that would include an enemas-till-clear scene. She really knew how to give a good enema too. It was too bad she had to move away. Those were the days.

When I think about what I have read ... Probably Middle Ages to Baroque time. Clysters (like they called it) were very common back then. It even was kind of "hip". It is said King Louis of France held court while receiving his clysters. Imagine the President or German Chancellor receiving enemas in public ... this will never happen, of course. Looks like centuries ago people didn't feel humiliated like they did later. Never again have clysters or enemas been such a totally normal part of life.

Golden Age for me is now, of course. I'd only wish the enema (or clyster, I am doing series of clysters) was more accepted in society today. Doesn't have to go as far as people getting enemas in public, but it would be nice when others wouldn't think of us as weirdos anymore.

Just a little note. I read once that Pres. Lyndon Johnson held a cabinet meeting or some other meeting while taking an enema. When it came time to expel it, he just went into the bathroom, sat down and did it while he continued his meeting. I do not think that this made it a part of the "Golden Age of Enemas," but at least we know that top dogs were still doing them.

hankb

Really? Didn't know that. In my opinion it is a sign of general open-mindedness towards enemas when the president receives them in public. Nowadays something like that is hard to imagine. I'm not too fond of receiving an enema in public (I especially don't want any witnesses while I'm expelling), but it would be really great if enemas were considered to be something as normal as brushing your teeth.

LBJ was one crude son-of-a-bitch!

I think that the date should be pushed back into the 1920's. There was not the reporting or open discussions of enemas and sexuality in the Victorian age. But going back into the 1800's, health advocates like Post and Kellogg (I think Post worked for Kellogg at one time) ran "sanitariums" that featured frequent enemas. This was well publicized and retail catalogues of the day featured all sorts of colon irrigation products and "feminine hygiene" items.

in the 1920's douching (along with disposable menstruation products) by females became very widespread, even promoted for birth control. A lot of the douche compounds recommended were downright harmful to tissue, such as Lysol and Argyrol! Enemas were quite vogue with the medical profession during that day.

The 1970's brought about a more "natural" approach to medicine. This was instrumental in the idea that a woman (read vagina) should smell and taste like a woman and not an artificial scent. So douching slowly became 'out of vogue'. I also personally think that for lower GI procedures the medical profession opted for the powerful electrolytic laxatives for prep as a sort of cost saving cop out. It eliminated (sorry pun) the in house need for the high colonic, etc.