Blue balls: a brief history

Discomfort of the blue balls variety widely animated clinical sexual discourse from the early 18th century onward. It specifically informed interlocking, gendered ideas about sexual entitlement expressed in normative frames for sexual habits, eroto-sexual constitution, and behavioral health.

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Sexual Medicine Reviews
Published
2025-03-04
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https://doi.org/10.1093/sxmrev/qeaf015
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Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes
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Blue balls: a brief history

Diederik F. Janssen
Sexual Medicine Reviews
Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes
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Blue balls: a brief history

Diederik F. Janssen
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Abstract

Discomfort of the blue balls variety widely animated clinical sexual discourse from the early 18th century onward. It specifically informed interlocking, gendered ideas about sexual entitlement expressed in normative frames for sexual habits, eroto-sexual constitution, and behavioral health.

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