Talk:Cock ring

No info on the history of cock rings?

Cock rings are hardly a modern invention, and there's archeological evidence of the use of similar devices in ancient Rome and Egypt. If people could please help expand the article with proper sources. I will attempt to do so myself later in the month when I have time.24.190.34.219 (talk) 01:38, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Just start a history section and add sourcing if you can. -- Banjeboi 16:47, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Medical info source

Penile constriction devices: case report, review of the literature, and recommendations for extrication. -- Banjeboi 20:01, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Medicine

Copied from Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Medicine#Cock ring:

Cock ring

Hidee ho!, I was doing a bit of clean-up at cock ring and was hoping someone could take a peek to see if we are okay with the medical bits presented there? Mucho appreciato! -- Banjeboi 16:46, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

PMID 18507720 looks like a useful source. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 17:23, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

My, what an amply illustrated article. I'm afraid I don't have much to contribute beyond a few anecdotes from my days in the ER, none of which are encyclopedic in nature. MastCell ^Talk 17:39, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Speaking of that, why isn't Penile incarceration in List of unusual diseases? After all, it would immediately freak out at least 50% of our readership... Fvasconcellos (t·c) 17:42, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

I don't know that it's a "disease" per se. If you tie a string too tightly around your finger, and you can't get it off, then you don't really have a "disease", just questionable judgment. More to the point, it appears there's a developing consensus to delete the list in question. MastCell ^Talk 17:52, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

The article would be more complete with a section on similar rings used in management of livestock breeding males. I have seen them in use on bulls, and read of their use on horses. They are sometimes known as spermatorrheal rings. Looking for mention of them here, I came across a content fork: Spermatorrhoea and Spermatorrhea. --Una Smith (talk) 19:42, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Thank you all for the quick replies, just to be clear we seem to be treading in medical advice or at least diagnostic areas, I think. I just want to ensure that whatever we have there presently is both accurate and allowable. -- Banjeboi 20:05, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

More comments

I have just removed from the article the sentence "Similar rings used in management of livestock breeding males are sometimes known as spermatorrheal rings". Spermatorrheal rings were (are) medical devices used not only on livestock but also on boys and men. Some are even patented. See Google Books for several reliable sources. --Una Smith (talk) 16:54, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Are they cock rings though? Or are they commonly thought of as cock rings? I'm not sure why it was removed? -- Banjeboi 22:50, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Better Picture?

Couldn't we find a picture of one of these that isn't covered with pubic hairs? JJBottero (talk) 20:48, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

Recreational section - cock ring used with female and male partners

Hello Rsrikanth05, I made a minor addition to this article, section "recreational" to make explicit that cock rings are used both in a heterosexual and homosexual intercourse context. Added "female or male" in the sentence below:
A cock ring may be used to prolong erection in order to provide a female or male partner with pleasure [...]
I see that you have reverted this edit. May I ask why?
Best regards
Careful2014 (talk) 13:29, 30 December 2014 (UTC)

Major page edit proposal

I've been looking at the structure and content of this page and think that: the structure is confusing in that it does not read is a meaningful order to me, and the content has several repetitions in it. The structure is currently:

1 Motivations 1.1 Medical 1.2 Recreational 2 Use 3 Variations 4 Risks 4.1 Medical issues 5 Materials and types 5.1 Specialized underwear 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

I'm proposing to change this to:

1 Types 2 Uses 2.1 Recreational 2.2 Medical 3 Wearing 3.1 Benefits 3.2 Risks 4 Size 5 Putting one on 6 Specialized underwear 7 See also 8 References 9 External links

I noticed Motivations being used as a section term on other pages. Is this something North American or Wiki Style or … Does anybody have any comments/advice? 86.133.193.173 (talk) 21:53, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

In general, I like your proposal. I don't know what would go under Size; maybe that could be added to Types. I don't like "Putting one on" because it sounds like it would violate WP:NOTHOWTO. Some relevant notes may belong under Risks, though. If you're going to add new information, it's helpful to cite reliable sources if you can find them (it's not easy for this topic), and remember to avoid improper external links. HalJor (talk) 23:40, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. "Size" was more about the need to measure penis girth etc. rather than the fact they cock rings come in different sizes. Hence me thinking not to put it in "Types". "Putting one on" was about whether this is done before or after erection and also brings together the already existing information about the use of pumps when putting one on if the wearer has ED. I can see that these sections could become more of a "How to manual" if not carefully written. I would have liked to include a section on "History" but have found little if any reliable published information available, at least in English.86.133.193.173 (talk) 07:44, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

Why is it called "Arab strap"

I want an explanation of why it's sometimes called a "Arab Strap" , arabs don't do sexual intercourse at all! Egyptio (talk) 18:53, 25 November 2022 (UTC)

I fixed it , so now it's resolved. Egyptio (talk) 19:08, 25 November 2022 (UTC)

But i still want an explanation. Egyptio (talk) 19:08, 25 November 2022 (UTC)

Egyptio-Comrade, your statement that arabs don't do sexual intercourse at all is absurd. Arabs do have sexual intercourse and that is why Arab babies are born. It can be difficult to track the origins of a slang term, but a simple Google search shows that this is an actual slang term. Cullen328 (talk) 19:20, 25 November 2022 (UTC)