The Internal Clitoris

Summary:

Back to basics with this amazing article on the topic of the clitoris. (If you want more we’ve ‘Time for a Rethink on the Clitoris‘ the subject). But this a great explanation – with drawings and an x-ray – about where it is, how it functions and why there has been so much misunderstanding about it from a medical point of view. Enjoy :)

Excerpt:

What really blows my mind is the plethora of misinformation that exists in textbooks, professional medical guides, and on the internet.  Take for example, in one of my undergraduate textbooks titled Understanding Human Sexuality, the clitoris is depicted merely as just the glans.  The sad fact is it wasn’t until the 1990’s that researchers began using MRI to study the internal structure of the clitoris.  By then, the intricate details of the penis were already well known.

Urologist Helen O’Connell of the Royal Melbourne Hospital set out to better understand the microscopic nerve supply to the clitoris using MRI, something that had already been done for men with regard to their sexual function in the 70s.  In 1998 she published her findings, informing the medical world of the true scope and size of the clitoris.  Yet ironically that same year, men in America began popping Viagra to cure erectile dysfunction.

In 2005 The American Urological Association published one of Dr. O’Connell’s reports on clitoral anatomy.  The report itself even states, “The anatomy of the clitoris has not been stable with time as would be expected.  To a major extent its study has been dominated by social factors … Some recent anatomy textbooks omit a description of the clitoris.  By comparison, pages are devoted to penile anatomy.”  The report also mentions how seemingly impossible it is to understand the internal structure of the clitoris with just one diagram.  Several are required to truly get a comprehensive understanding of it.Alas it wasn’t until as recent as 2009, French researchers Dr. Odile Buisson and Dr. Pierre Foldès gave the medical world it’s first complete 3-D sonography of the stimulated clitoris.  They did this work for three years without any proper funding.  Thanks to them, we now understand how the erectile tissue of the clitoris engorges and surrounds the vagina – a complete breakthrough that explains how what we once considered to be a vaginal orgasm is actually an internal clitoral orgasm.

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