Female equivalent of blue balls

What I'm talking about are the signs of female blue balls , aka, the physical sensation you might experience if you're really turned on but can't climax. When you think about blue balls, chances are you're remembering the oft-bemoaned fate of a dude unable to get off. It's usually recounted in a whiney tone by whomever's balls are in a tizzy. It's typically accompanied by a passionate case for why you should help solve the problem, since it's "your fault" for being so hot in the first place. While it's up to you to decide if you want to offer a helping hand, there isn't really any doubt that their blue balls are a real thing, physically speaking. So why is it that blue balls in women seems so shocking?

For men, blue balls occur after an erection. This process, called vasoconstriction, helps them maintain an erection and also causes the testicles to swell about 25 to 50 percent larger than their normal size. Women may not have testes, but they also experience vasoconstriction in the vulva , uterus, and ovaries during sexual arousal. UCSB notes that when men suffer from blue balls, their testes develop a blueish hue. You see, while oxygen-rich blood is red, blood without oxygen — like that trapped in the testicles — turns blue. There are a couple of reasons why we rarely ever hear of a woman getting blue balls.

Just like how blood flows to a penis when a person gets an erection, vulva-owners get a similar rush when they become aroused. This feeling can last up to 20 minutes after the failed orgasm but typically resolves itself, even though you may continue to be emotionally frustrated what else is new? According to Dr. Fran Walfish, Beverly Hills relationship psychotherapist and co-star of Sex Box , WE tv, this issue actually is relatively prevalent among people with a vagina. Manual stimulation of the clitoris is a go-to for most vulva-owners when they need that orgasmic release.

Since the dawn of puberty, men have complained about the pain and frustration they experience when they are sexually aroused but fail to orgasm. Yes, blue balls exist , but, as it would turn out, women experience a similar phenomenon. Women have called the problem pink balls and blue walls.