Primarily used in medical or educational contexts to describe female anatomy.

Anatomical Term

Might be considered private or intimate; use with discretion in public or formal discussions.

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Many people lack accurate knowledge about it, so ensure understanding in educational contexts.

Misunderstood Anatomy

 told me about her first experiences of power play in a sexual relationship. She told me that her partner tied her up with her arms over her head like this, she's standing up and he positions her so she's straddling a bar, presses up against her clitoris, like this. So there's my friend, standing there, and the guy leaves. It's a power play. Leaves her alone.

The truth about unwanted...

 and a clitoris that's half an inch above the vaginal opening and labia that look exactly like they're supposed to look like, according to that one porn video you watched that one time. You know the one. If you've been with more than one sexual partner in your lifetime, and you line them up, one by one,

The way we think about...

 Shy but ambitious pig farmers, however, can purchase a -- this is true -- a sow vibrator, that hangs on the sperm feeder tube to vibrate. Because, as I mentioned, the clitoris is inside the vagina. So possibly, you know, a little more arousing than it looks. And I also said to her,

Mary Roach: 10 things...

 mammals, and, of course, even in primates. Now interestingly, there are a few mammalian species in which females have evolved specialized genitalia that doesn't allow for sexual coercion to take place. Female elephants and female hyenas have a penile clitoris,

The birds and the bees...

 That can mean increased body hair, enlargement of the clitoris, and permanent voice deepening in females. At the same time, excess testosterone-like steroids can cause feminization in males, because the body converts the excess into estrogen.

How do steroids affect...

 hysteria emanated from a block in women sex organ these physicians would actually manually stimulate the women crazy initially the procedure called for a doctor to massage the clitoris to the point of orgasm thereby relieving the

Birth of the Vibrator PIPE...

 What is a woman without a clitoris supposed to do with her life? That's what I want to know. I want to do that too -- "Oh! Oh!" and all of that. Didn't happen. So I came home once again and said to my mom,

Khadija Gbla: My...

 When she was a young girl, she had been mutilated against her will. That mutilation of her clitoris had actually obviously impacted her life and changed it in a way that was devastating.

Eve Ensler: Security and...

 As I opened my leg, another woman came, and this woman was carrying a knife. And as she carried the knife, she walked toward me and she held the clitoris, and she cut it off.

Kakenya Ntaiya: A girl...

 How many of you recognize this? It's the full structure of the clitoris. We think of the clitoris as this little pea-sized nub, but actually it extends deep into the body.

Clitoris

Anatomical Term

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Misunderstood Anatomy

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