Word: megara
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...first known use of economic sanctions took place in 432 B.C., when Athenian officials, irked by the assistance the Greek state of Megara had afforded its rivals in Corinth, banned Megaran merchants from its ports. The move didn't go over very well - instead of reasserting Athenian supremacy, it helped trigger the 27-year-long Peloponnesian War, which ultimately stripped Athens of its empire. But the tactic caught on. Venice imposed sanctions against Bologna in 1270 in order to coerce them into buying their wheat instead of grain from Ravenna, and in subsequent centuries, the Hanseatic League tried trade bans...
...Megara said using vibrators, for example, does not usually decrease the amount of pleasure women feel during sex with a partner...
...Megara passed the many vibrators around the audience as she spoke, later encouraging audience members to test the lubricants and other products on display...
...Everybody would be like, ‘Where’s that buzzing coming from?’” Megara said...
During her presentation, partly a crash course on the use and diversity of sex toys and partly a sex education course, Megara answered what she said were frequently asked questions...