Ben Wa balls

Gold-toned Ben Wa balls.

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Ben Wa balls, also known as Burmese bells, Benoît balls, Orgasm balls, Venus balls or Geisha balls (Chinese: 阴道球; pinyin: yīndàoqiú "vagina ball", or Chinese: 内用球; pinyin: nèiyòngqiú "internal-use ball") are small, marble-sized metal balls, usually hollow and containing a small weight that rolls around—used for sexual stimulation (by insertion into the vagina or anus). Some may also be solid, or contain clappers or chimes within. Other larger versions made of plastic encasing lesser balls are called Duotone balls. They are used by inserting them into the vagina or anus and using muscles to hold them in, and movement to stimulate and vibrate.

Ben Wa Balls have a varied history, their origin and method of construction changing drastically depending on where one looks. Most information concerning Ben-Wa Balls is vague and probably apocryphal. It is said that they originally were a single ball placed in the vagina, used to enhance the act of coitus, but shortly evolved into multiple metal covered balls linked by either a chain or silk string for easy removal. Usage of Ben Wa balls creates a subtle stimulation, not meant to bring the user to immediate orgasm but rather to tease. It is possible to leave Ben Wa balls in one's vagina all day, or use them while seated in a rocking chair,^[1] for an effect that some find pleasurable. At the end of the sixteenth century, Ralph Fitch, an English traveller, encountered them in the Shan States of Myanmar.^{[citation needed]} He described their use there by men. Less than a dozen years later, the Florentine merchant Francesco Carletti also reported their use in Thailand, where they were used to enlarge the penis.^{[citation needed]}

Ben Wa balls may also be used to simply increase the strength of the pelvic floor muscles, much as the Taoist practice The Deer Exercise has been used for centuries,^{[citation needed]} and the Kegel exercises are used today. Similar to Kegel exercises, Ben Wa balls and other shaped vaginal weights are recommended by gynecologists and obstetricians to increase vaginal elasticity and bladder control. Vaginal weights come in a cylindrical shape and are used in increasing weights to strengthen the vagina, which improves sexual performance. Mild urinary incontinence, such as that which occurs while coughing, laughing, or sneezing and occurs more often as women grow older, can be treated with Ben Wa balls,^{[citation needed]} vaginal weights, or Kegel exercise.

Practitioners of such spiritual traditions as Tantra and Chinese Taoism believe that Ben Wa Balls are helpful tools to exercise control and to explore the sensual side of an individual.

References

1. ^ Dr. David Reuben (1969). "Masturbation". Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask). p. 201.