No it was a medieval thing they talked about. Related to humours.
I think probably structurally to encourage widows to remarry or as an excuse for promiscuous behaviour in widows (they’re just suffering from a sperm build up that makes them crazy!).
But an alternative was another lady helping you out (it’s not sodomy just medicine).
Edit: I might have read this on her blog actually, I’ll go diving.
No it was a medieval thing they talked about. Related to humours.
I think probably structurally to encourage widows to remarry or as an excuse for promiscuous behaviour in widows (they’re just suffering from a sperm build up that makes them crazy!).
But an alternative was another lady helping you out (it’s not sodomy just medicine).
Edit: I might have read this on her blog actually, I’ll go diving.
Edit edit I think this is the article https://going-medieval.com/2021/04/22/on-women-having-sex-with-themselves/#more-2901
This one touches on it too https://going-medieval.com/2021/09/03/on-semen-retention/
Edit edit edit I definitely think she also talked about it on the pod because these don’t reference lesbian stuff which she discussed,