Many of you may already be familiar with Beate Uhse, a Germany company that, for over 60 years, has brought us adult sex toys and entertainment. Beate Uhse opened the world’s first sex shop in West Germany in 1962 and since then has become the most successful company in the German sex industry, selling not only toys, but lingerie, clothing, pornography and entertainment, with over 30 shops and 25 cinemas! But the really exciting story of the company lies with it’s founder, Beate Uhse-Rotermund!
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Born in Germany in 1919, Beate grew up to be the only female stunt pilot in the country during the 1930′s and later flew with a transport squadron for the German Air Force in World War II! Her life during the war was heroic! After the death of husband in 1945, Beate was left alone to look after her one year old son, while stationed in Berlin as a Captain. After the city was surrounded and partly destroyed, she is said to have rescued her son, his nanny and two other wounded people, by commandeering a small unmanned plane and flying them to safety in the North. What a woman!
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When the war ended, unable to continue as a pilot, Beate became a door-to-door saleswoman. Meeting and speaking with the many housewives in her neighbourhood, Beate decided she wanted to educate women about contraception and family planning (a lack of education that caused the baby boom!). She came from a family who talked about sexuality and contraception openly and used this to benefit others. Pretty soon Beate was giving marriage advice and answering questions about eroticism! Despite efforts from the community and police, Beate opened her first sex shop in Flensburg in 1962. Twenty years later, after surviving stomach cancer and obtaining a diving license, Beate went on to open the Beate Uhse Erotic Museum in Berlin!
In 1999, her company Beate Uhse AG became registered on the German Stock Market, making it the most highly profiting company in the German sex industry at the time. Beate is considered to be a pioneer of sexuality and women’s rights to education and contraception in Germany! Today, the company has grown monumentally, upholding the trusting relationship with it’s customers that Beate built upon originally. If it weren’t for Beate, who knows if Germany would be as sexually liberated and open! I have to give thanks to the women who paved the way for future generations as entrepreneurs and pioneers themselves! I want to see more women like her changing the business world as well as creating conversations about female sexuality and welfare that will truly be taken seriously! Cheers to you, Beate!
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