Why Don't Doctors Study the Clitoris, and Why That Should Change.
"'Some urologists compare the vulva to 'a small town in the Midwest,” said Dr. Irwin Goldstein, a urologist and pioneer in the field of sexual medicine. Doctors tend to pass through it, barely looking up, on their way to their destination, the cervix and uterus. ... If the vulva as a whole is an underappreciated city, the clitoris is a local roadside bar: little known, seldom considered.
The clitoris is intimately bound up in female pleasure and orgasm. And until very recently, those themes have not been high on medicine’s priority list, nor considered appropriate areas of medical pursuit.
This oversight has the potential to harm women, as well as trans men and other people with vulvas. There have been documented injuries to the clitoris in procedures including pelvic mesh surgeries, episiotomies during childbirth and even hip surgeries. When performed poorly, a labiaplasty — a procedure to reduce the size of the labia minora, and one of the fastest-growing cosmetic surgeries worldwide — can also damage nerves, leading to genital pain and loss of sexual sensation.
Many of these injuries could be prevented if doctors just spent more time getting to know the clitoris."
Check out "The New York Times'" article written by Rachel E. Gross for more on this topic. There is an option to listen to the article if you prefer that over reading. Well worth the listen and/or read.
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