We Know Nothing About the Clitoris. That Needs to Change

Interesting research report from Medscape Ob/Gyn & Women's Health.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NWjUCJf1AQ

Most interesting thing I learned recently was just how large the hidden / buried portion of the clitoris is and how effective indirect stim can be - for example placing a vibrator off to the side pressing firmly into the labia majora.

49.7% of humans have a clitoris yet 'we know nothing about it'.

If that doesn't support why we need more women in STEM, I don't know WTF does.

We know a little more than nothing, but the vast majority of what we DO know was discovered in the last 30 or so years.

Why? Because the sole purpose for the clitoris is female pleasure and for the past 4,000 years women were second-class citizens at best, chattel at worst. Don't get me wrong, we've come a long way and I'm quite grateful for it, but too many of y'all (women too) are trying to turn the clock back. Fuck that shit.

Most interesting thing I learned recently was just how large the hidden / buried portion of the clitoris is and how effective indirect stim can be - for example placing a vibrator off to the side pressing firmly into the labia majora.

Very true. I prefer a vibe just underneath the glans while my lover lightly licks the glans. Too many people dive right in on the glans and, at least for me, I need a little warm up first. If you dive right on it, it's too much too soon. Take the time to learn your lover's body. ❤️

One last rant '🤣 (this is pushing my buttons - so to speak)

You can see how pervasive this is in movie love scenes. How much foreplay do you see? The average movie sex scene is: They tear off their clothes, 30 seconds of kissing, he rolls on top of her (rarely she rolls on top of him) and she starts cumming immediately.

😡😡😡😡

This is because the entertainment industry is full of exploitative, misogynistic assholes.

OK, done ranting lol. Female sexuality is an issue I'm passionate about.

@Nurse_Phillips From what I recall from reading 17th - 18th century erotic books, the proper use of the clitoris (at least the glans) was well-known… As for 19th century medical science, it knew enough about the clitoris that it knew that girls and women could use it to masturbate. This was anathema in a worldview where the only legal use of the genitals was procreation!

@jacana I will concede that the French and to a lesser extent the other western Mediterranean cultures, the Austrians and many of the Asian cultures acknowledged the concept of female sexuality more openly than did the Anglo-Germanic cultures - but y’all still treated us like chattel. The Declaration of the Rights of Man specifically excluded women and y’all executed Olympe de Gouges At least in part for her feminism.

Why? Because the sole purpose for the clitoris is female pleasure and for the past 4,000 years women were second-class citizens at best, chattel at worst. Don't get me wrong, we've come a long way and I'm quite grateful for it, but too many of y'all (women too) are trying to turn the clock back. Fuck that shit.

Nurse Phillips - Unfortunately you're probably right. After some (probably several years) introspection I became brutally (self) aware of what was really meant when reference was made to "objectifying women". I was ashamed and enlightened. I still, however, am driven (erotically) by the wonder of helping a woman to achieve orgasm. Probably a control issue, but that's another discussion. The upside to your observation is the fact that it is far easier for a woman to achieve multiple orgasms in a short period of time than a man. Sigh. And let's NOT turn the clock back but move ever forward!!

Many happy orgasms to you.

@Nurse_Phillips Totally. It is interesting how both conservatives and many on the left were against women's suffrage, though for different reasons: the left-wingers thought that women would follow whatever the Catholic clergy would say; and for Conservative, a woman is there to procreate and raise children! (Needless to say, a clitoris is not of much use for this, except to help tolerate coitus.)

My point was that, perhaps, the 19th century, which thought of itself as the century of progress, was actually regressing when it came to sexuality, particularly women's.

@Jacana i remember being surprised at how misogynistic the far left Montagnards were.

As to the 19th Century, it may have been progressive in the ‘physical’ world (industry etc) it was regressive socially.

@Nurse_Phillips I think the Communards were better.

What I find interesting is how progress was often backwards. Prior to WW1, contraceptives were available, one could see advertisements in magazines for condoms, pessaries, etc., there were actually a number of erotic publications (of course, in parallel to conservative texts condemning onanism in all forms, including withdrawal). After WW1, conservatives enacted laws banning any promotion of contraception and contraceptives devices (I believe condoms were however legal because they curbed venereal disease).

I don't know alot about past cultures or politics but some of what has been written here is where I blame religion, whatever religion you want to name eastern or western or the kool aid drinkers for the way that women are treated. Both men and women are responsible for misogynist thinking getting and keeping influence and being what it is today and back then why it is hard to get rid of. But I also see Chivalry and victimhood being another part of the problem where men like to be heroes and protect women from evil whatever while the professional victim man or woman, likes the role and wants to be protected.

Men and women need to have each others 6's and not let anyone else into their bed or pants and they need kick religion and politicians whenever they come around trying to tell them what to do with their sex lives. A man can't do it alone because chivalry doesn't work and a woman can't do it alone and shouldn't have to do it alone and that is not me being chivalrous. It's not just about a specific part of the woman's body like the clitoris, but the entire female person wrapped around it and who she wants to share it with. It's up to her to learn what works for her with or without help from someone else without having to get permission or a blessing or approval from some religious or political whatever.

I have a wife who is not even close to being a victim or ever going to let herself be a victim and I have her 6 and she has mine and we both know that we can't help those who are a misogynist or professional victim to change. But what the two of us can do is make it clear that we are not going to play their game and especially not around us. My wife and I have found out alot about her clitoris and learning something new everyday and she even writes about it here but we have us and that is where we know it will be.

Wow! Fantastic information.