Half the World Has a Clitoris. Why Don't Doctors Study It?

[question everything]

A very long, but an eye opening story

https://www.yahoo.com/news/half-world-clitoris-why-dont-182449061.html

[elleng]

1. ;-(

[Gidney N Cloyd]

2. Gotta find it first.

[MLAA]

3. Ha! Good one.

[bahboo]

4. well...I'm not a doctor, but um....

[Gidney N Cloyd]

5. " Actually I'm a gynecologists but this is my lunch hour."

[cate94]

6. Well that explains

Why I was asked by an M.D. what lesbians do. His poor wife.

[JudyM]

11. SMH

[Sky Jewels]

7. I was in my '50s before I learned about the

full anatomical structure of the clitoris. How pathetic is that?

https://images.app.goo.gl/DoWipnqZkyZQdxmb8

[question everything]

8. I think that "The Vagina Monologues" was about this

[Warpy]

9. I don't think even "Our Bodies, Ourselves" went into the whole structure

and even nursing school tended to ignore it. It's an amazing bit of kit and a lot bigger than most people have any idea of.

I think they're only beginning to understand all the things it does, another leftover hangup from men's medicine considering female parts icky doodle, even if they specialized in them.

[chowder66]

13. I think I'm going to name my next pet icky doodle. lol

[question everything]

17. I think that The Hite Report had a detailed diagram, structure, nerve endings

[Warpy]

18. Yes, men mapped it and named all the bits after themselves

but they're still not really clear on what it does beyond allow women to enjoy sex, the sluts.

(do I really need that sarcasm thingy here?)

There is some hint in the literature about how rapid, rhythmic contractions during orgasm help propel semen into the uterus, but that's still a lot of real estate for only one function.

[NullTuples]

10. Meanwhile, docs that do trans surgeries have even mapped out the nerve distributions...

The clitoris & penis are the same body part; one was just signaled in utero to grow a bit bigger & the urethra migrated so the exit is at the end of it rather than the base. When performing surgeries on such parts to effectively reverse that process, it's really important to know where the various structures and parts are and what their functions are. And the same of course for the "opposite" surgery.

Maybe they should be invited to the conferences mentioned in the linked article. Then again, maybe the problem isn't one of lack of scientific knowledge, but priority of learning...

[JudyM]

12. The article's recommendation to assign urologists responsibility seems misplaced.

Why not gynecologists?

[Chainfire]

14. What half? Isn't that an Italian sportscar? ;)

[niyad]

15. "SEXUAL HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE IS NOT SOMETHING WE FOCUS ON

FOR WOMEN".

Patriarchy and woman-hating in one sentence. I am reminded of a gynecologist I saw once, who said I couldnot be experiencing pain, because there were no nerve endings there. I stopped the exam, walked out of the room, and told women in thevwaiting room to run for their lives. If I had known about DORA way back then, or had there been review sites (this was pre-internet) I would have reported him. As it was, I spread the word ( one should not piss off someone who belongs to as many feminist organizations as I did!)

Thank you so much for this most important article. The WAR ON WOMEN continues apace.

[niyad]

16. "I love the word clitoris. If I had another daughter, I would name her clitoris."

"But you can't name someone after a body part!"

"Why not? Lots of men are called "Dick", aren't they?"

A scene from "Shirley Valentine", one of my favourite movies.