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Except they're not called "blue balls". As a woman who's experienced them, I find it annoying when men complain about it all the time and try to blame women for giving it to them.
The technical term for it is "vasocongestion" in both men and women. It's when your body tissues or organs (including but not limited to the genitals) swell up due to the increased blood flow to the area. It's usually temporary and harmless, and subsides as soon as the blood flow returns to normal. It could be painful if the blood gets trapped in the area for too long though. The blood vessels dilate, keeping the oxygen away from it and giving the blood a blue texture. This is also one of the causes of menstrual cramps.
Fun fact: Blushing is caused due to vasocongestion of the cheeks.
"Blue balls" is the term used when this happens to the testicles and it's usually accompanied by testicular pain. In both men and women, blood rushes down to the to the genitals when you're aroused and then gets released after you have an orgasm. Being aroused for too long without an orgasm can cause pain in the around the area.
Time to debunk some myths that people believe about it.
- Myth: Blue balls is a myth.
It's real and has been aknowledged by doctors - Myth: It's a medical condition.
It's usually temporary and should go away after a few hours. It's also not harmful in any way. I've heard people say that you could die from it. That's just ridiculuous. - Myth: The only way to get rid of it is to get laid.
Ladies, don't let a man ever use this excuse to guilt you into sleeping with him. He could just take care of it on his own. The quickest solution is to masturbate, but it should eventually go away with time. - Myth: It's just a tigly sensation that feels uncomfortable.
It can be quite painful and you can usually feel it in your lower abdomen too. - Myth: It could happen if you've been teased for a few minutes.
It only happens if you've been aroused for an hour or longer and haven't experienced an orgasm.
And finally, - Myth: It only happens to men.
Just because women don't have a common slang term for it, it doesn't mean that it doesn't happen to them. Vasocongestion of the genitals can happen to both men and women since our genitals get engorged with blood too when we're aroused. Staying aroused for too long without a release can cause pain down there. For me they felt a lot like menstrual cramps, but less intense.
The reason I wrote this myTake is because most people don't understand the term completely. I know a lot of people who believe that it's a myth. While it's true that a lot of men fake it so it would benifit them, it does really happen. They can usually take care of it themselves though, and no one should feel guilty for not having sex with someone they don't want to. It's also annoying when men act like it only happens to them, because I've experienced it too.
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29 35The truth was spoken for those who didn't knew about this. Great job :)
How do you get to this state of being where you have blue balls or for women's sake vasocongestion?
I've heard people use many names for it. Blue bean, blue walls, blue ovaries, and so on. Well it doesn't really happen to everyone. It would probably happen if you keep yourself aroused for hours without an orgasm. Even then it's not guaranteed though. Some people just don't experience it.
Yaaas. I honestly thought the feeling was some more serious.
Thanks. :')
This stuff is all totally true, by the way.
very interesting mytake!
so girls have sperm build up now? what planet are you living on? mens blue balls happen because of sperm build up not blood flow.
No. They happen because of blood flow and are not related to sperm build up. Look it up.
Also, sperm build up doesn't happen only when you have an erection. You keep producing them all the time. You also don't need to ejaculate to get rid of blue balls, further proving that they're not related. Your body gets rid of them through nocturnal emissions.
Blue Balls in men is a combination of the pressure of engorgement of the seminal vesicles and prostate preparing for ejaculation and strain on the vas deferens muscular tubes raising the testicles during arousal. Ejaculation instantly relieves the pressure, but endorphins during arousal can mask the strain on the Vas, only to start aching when endorphins are overpowered. The strain takes a couple of hours to fade.
Myth: It could happen if you've been teased for a few minutes.
It only happens if you've been aroused for an hour or longer and haven't experienced an orgasm.
WRONG, it can easily happen after a few minutes of foreplay or kissing for me
Is that not just arousal?
which leads to blue balls after a few minutes of arousal...
That's possible but it really shouldn't happen that quickly. Have you tried talking to a doctor?
Well no, because its not a problem and I know my own body, I was just stating that that particular statement is wrong, every guy (and girl) is different.
Well yes. Everyone is different, but feeling pain down there just after a few minutes of being aroused is not considered normal since it rarely ever happens. It's cool if you're okay with it though, but it could get really annoying when you can't do anything about it.
High school must have sucked for you... *wind blows wrong direction... raging hardon.. *BLUE BALLS* ARRGGGHHHH*
@Betwyn that's exactly what I thought when I read this lol
Pretty much anything sets teenage boys off, hardons, precum etc. I know im not alone on that
dont worry i sorted it out the second i got home, and in the toilets in break times too sometimes if i couldnt wait
You do realize, that blue balls, is more then merely having an erection, and not having an orgasm right? Its about being aroused for a longer period... and not getting release.
Yes... I know what blue balls is thanks.
LOL.. this was interesting..
With girls the colloquial term is "pink pelvis."
lolol.
Blue lips* ? 😂😂😂
I'm assuming you didn't even read the take.
Nope not really... Just the title.
Well that was obvious because the very first thing I said is that it's not called "blue balls". The title was a metaphor. It also doesn't happen to the lips since the pain is usually in the ovaries. Don't bother commenting if you have no idea what you're saying.
Lmfao calm the fuck down got damn! It was a joke ffs. Taking this shit wayy too serious.
Eh wasn't really trying to sound serious. I was pretty calm while typing it lol
Oh okayy ✌
Lol you just embarrassed yourself kid
If the pain is in the ovaries then and only then will I sympathize.
Yes it is
Then I sympathize a lot!
YESSSSS 🏆
Excellent take! I'm glad there's a real scientific term for it: Vasocongestion. I've never heard it called that before. I learned from my ex girlfriend that it exists in women too. And like most guys, I thought she was crazy when she was complaining to me she was suffering from blue balls (in her own words), when we had to cut sex short when I heard my sister and her kids open the front door and we had to stop before they heard us.
You have to admit though. It is pretty silly how women refer to vasocongestion as blue balls; the term sort of changed from masculine to gender neutral somehow. Couldn't they have thought of something better? Blue ovaries? No... It doesn't work. We need to come up with a better term.
Is this really true, never heard of women getting this.
Do u say this from experience or cause u read it?
It's actually happened to me. I read up about it because of that
hmmm really, good article tho. I like how detailed it is and that I learned something lol, keep them coming.
Hmm. Nice to know!
ok so in other words, which you should of went straight to, the girl gets a vaginal hard on, cuz of the blood flows there, just like how the guy gets a hard on
Yeah. When we're aroused the clitoris swills and gets bigger. So the clitoris is essentially a tiny, more sensitive penis.
@PrincessTashaaaa pretty much said it.
well. i know just like with all guys, all girls are different, i met 2 girls that when they got that thingie you said, their clits got very hard. i know of 3 girls one of them lol her being the shy one, lol got embarrassed cuz i was the firs guy to ever notice/pay attention to it... know that their vaginal lips got rock hard. i did hear a few of them say "im getting a hard on" and i was like wtf lol but know i know what THEY MEAN by that. its a natural thing to happen to girls too
Back in ye olden days, this was simply diagnosed as hysteria.
I don't know i don't believe in any of that stuff
Well I just explained how it happens and science has proven it too.
I've never felt anything like that... but then I usually will masturbate to take care of that.
I do too, but there were a couple of times I couldn't do anything about it.