context they are not primarily used to produce pain but rather to increase nipple sensation. Their use traps blood in the nipples, increasing the sensitivity of the nipple. The sexologist Carol Queen says that "clamps are also very useful for hands-free nipple play".

The first literary depiction of the nipple clamp was in 1790, in the novel Justine by the Marquis de Sade.

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