The Clitoris as mythmaker; a breif history of the clit
In 1968 we put the first man on the moon, in 1981 we invented the internet, but it wasn’t until 1998 we discovered the full anatomy of the clitoris.
From ancient history to the modern day, the clitoris has been discredited, dismissed and deleted - lets get our facts straigh;
In 1904 Sigmund Freud indicted clitoral orgasms as a symptom of women’s sexual immaturity. Meaning that in order to be a well-functioning, healthy female adult you ought to have only vaginal orgasms —-yes little did he know ;-)
While researching on this I actually found out that in 1924, a princess of France, Marie Bonaparte, was so frustrated with her inability to orgasm during penetration, she theorized that her clitoris was simply too far away from her vagina, and to prove it, she did a study of her own. Her findings demonstrated that women whose clitorises were farther from their vaginas had a more difficult time orgasming during vaginal penetration and those whose clitorises were closer had a much easier time. UM, YES!
Although—-In 1947, doctors erased the clitoris off the map. Yes it’s true.
*Obviously* not from the actual body, but from the anatomical diagrams that purported to represent it. …Sounds to me like they actually took Freud’s request for “elimination” a little too literally, amirite?
…A perfect example of how easily cultural constructs can misinterpret something as straightforward as science.
So, a few centuries went by and the clitoris being lost and rediscovered many times- by men. Being named, of many; the shameful part, the Devil’s teat, little hill.
It wasn’t until 1998 Helen O’Connell showed the true anatomy of the clitoris, mapping the clitoris in its external AND internal whole- showing us it’s true extensive size. Meaning; the majority of the clitoris is internal and that the external “nub” (as we know the clitoris) is just the tip of the iceberg!
- Is this the information you got at sex-ed in school? Nope, me neither.
So basically we have for centuries been looking at a completely inaccurate representation of the female anatomy - and we’re still being taught this in school.
The problem is also the common misconception of human sexual pleasure is often reduced to a penis penetrating a vagina, an idea that promotes the hegemony of the penis over the clitoris, and also relegates the female orgasm to the outskirts of sexual pleasure. But did you know, that the clitoris actually has 2-3 times the nerve endings (8000 to be precise) than a penis? And that your clitoris also gets an erection? That the clitoris is the pleasure-center of the female anatomy and can provide multiple orgasms? And did you know, that the clit is actually the only organ that exists exclusively for pleasure? I don’t see anything secondary about that! Baby, the clit is only here to have a good time, thats all I’m saying :’) So lets put it on the map and re-educate our selves.
The image above shows a clit’s true form - for a 3D view look here.
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