Betty Dodson went to New York City to train as an artist in 1950, and lived on Manhattan's Madison Avenue since 1962.
12 Facts About Betty Dodson
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In 1959, Betty Dodson married Frederick Lief, an advertising director, with the marriage ending in divorce in 1965.
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Betty Dodson held a first one-woman show of erotic art at the Wickersham Gallery in New York City in 1968.
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Bodysex is a practice developed by Betty Dodson to help women connect with their bodies and erogenous zones, heal shames, improve pleasure perception, and promote self-love.
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Betty Dodson used the Magic Wand, a main-powered vibrator, in demonstrations and instructional classes to instruct women regarding self-pleasure techniques.
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Betty Dodson provided a Magic Wand to each woman for these sessions.
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Betty Dodson recommended women put a small towel over their vulva in order to dull the sensation of the vibrator and prolong the pleasurable experience.
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Betty Dodson taught thousands of women to achieve orgasm using this technique.
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Betty Dodson's technique became known as the Betty Dodson Method.
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Betty Dodson worked for many years with the lawyer Carlin Ross as a business partner, and the two women held their workshops mostly together.
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Betty Dodson said her work has gained a support from an audience of young, successful women who have never had an orgasm.
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Betty Dodson died on October 31,2020, at the age of 91, from cirrhosis in a Manhattan nursing home.