# Blue balls for women? **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-balls-for-women/320022 **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **Created:** [September 4, 2005, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-balls-for-women/320022 "2005-09-04T07:10:08Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana) #### Post date: [September 4, 2005, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-balls-for-women/320022/1 "2005-09-04T07:10:08Z")
Is there an equivalent for women? Besides the feeling, do we have a name for it? Because…well damn. ---
### Author: ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23) #### Post date: [September 4, 2005, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-balls-for-women/320022/2 "2005-09-04T07:12:45Z")
Orange ovaries? ---
### Author: ![cabdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@cabdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cabdude) #### Post date: [September 4, 2005, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-balls-for-women/320022/3 "2005-09-04T07:15:11Z")
Violet vulva? ---
### Author: ![uglybeech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/82dd89/32.png) [@uglybeech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uglybeech) #### Post date: [September 4, 2005, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-balls-for-women/320022/4 "2005-09-04T07:42:50Z")
Crimson Clit? ---
### Author: ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon) #### Post date: [September 4, 2005, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-balls-for-women/320022/5 "2005-09-04T07:52:13Z")
Fuchsia Fallopian? ---
### Author: ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue) #### Post date: [September 4, 2005, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-balls-for-women/320022/6 "2005-09-04T08:08:17Z")
Throbbing lavender labia? ---
### Author: ![Sarah\_Woodruff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sarah\_Woodruff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarah_Woodruff) #### Post date: [September 4, 2005, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-balls-for-women/320022/7 "2005-09-04T08:10:21Z")
Blue Bartholin’s glands? ☹☹ ---
### Author: ![parthenokinesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@parthenokinesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parthenokinesis) #### Post date: [September 4, 2005, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-balls-for-women/320022/8 "2005-09-04T11:06:04Z")
Saramamalana, let me be the first to say… How you doin’? ---
### Author: ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr) #### Post date: [September 4, 2005, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-balls-for-women/320022/9 "2005-09-04T11:31:00Z")
After reading this thread; I think this is the closest I’ve ever come to being gay. ---
### Author: ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia) #### Post date: [September 4, 2005, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-balls-for-women/320022/10 "2005-09-04T11:41:12Z")
Women induce blue balls, they don’t get 'em. ---
### Author: ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia) #### Post date: [September 4, 2005, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-balls-for-women/320022/11 "2005-09-04T13:55:04Z")
_falls off chair laughing, hits head on nearby flatbed scanner_ 😃 The Great Master himself did an article on [nymphomania](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/030822.html), by the way, if you’re actually looking for a serious answer… ---
### Author: ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky) #### Post date: [September 4, 2005, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-balls-for-women/320022/12 "2005-09-04T13:58:00Z")
Oh look, the Band Name generator just exploded. ---
### Author: ![uglybeech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/82dd89/32.png) [@uglybeech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uglybeech) #### Post date: [September 4, 2005, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-balls-for-women/320022/13 "2005-09-04T14:57:39Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Oh look, the Band Name generator just exploded. I was thinking more like superhero names. The Adventures of the Violet Vulva. ---
### Author: ![Burrido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Burrido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burrido) #### Post date: [September 4, 2005, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-balls-for-women/320022/14 "2005-09-04T15:34:53Z")
Like that old joke, Women don’t get Blue balls, they get laid. ---
### Author: ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins) #### Post date: [September 4, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-balls-for-women/320022/15 "2005-09-04T15:56:27Z")
> [@jellyblue](#): > > Throbbing lavender labia? This one gets my vote!!! ---
### Author: ![Ultraviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c77e96/32.png) [@Ultraviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ultraviolet) #### Post date: [September 4, 2005, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-balls-for-women/320022/16 "2005-09-04T16:30:09Z")
Okay, assuming a serious answer is wanted, I have sometimes experienced a feeling of pressure (not quite pain) in the pelvis and tailbone area when subjected to the same kind of scenario that would give a man “blue balls”. Mind you, this might be just me… ---
### Author: ![Pixisis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@Pixisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixisis) #### Post date: [September 4, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-balls-for-women/320022/17 "2005-09-04T16:33:34Z")
> [@Ultraviolet](#): > > Okay, assuming a serious answer is wanted, I have sometimes experienced a feeling of pressure (not quite pain) in the pelvis and tailbone area when subjected to the same kind of scenario that would give a man “blue balls”. Mind you, this might be just me… nope. not just you. 😉 ---
### Author: ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D) #### Post date: [September 4, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-balls-for-women/320022/18 "2005-09-04T16:34:24Z")
> [@Ultraviolet](#): > > Mind you, this might be just me… I suggest lengthly scientific experimentation to find out. 😉 ---
### Author: ![Ultraviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c77e96/32.png) [@Ultraviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ultraviolet) #### Post date: [September 4, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-balls-for-women/320022/19 "2005-09-04T16:35:26Z")
Oh good, I’m not a freak 🙂 Now back to your regularly scheduled band name generator! Violet Vulvas!! ---
### Author: ![Pixisis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@Pixisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixisis) #### Post date: [September 4, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-balls-for-women/320022/20 "2005-09-04T16:36:11Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > I suggest lengthly scientific experimentation to find out. 😉 and how large of a sample group would you suggest ? 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-balls-for-women/320022.md?page=2)