World of clitoris

Talk to your doctor. CBS News. How Botox Prevents My Pain from Defining Me Botox is often joked about and criticized as complicit in the perpetuation of damaging, unrealistic beauty standards. Caspar Bartholin , a 17th-century Danish anatomist, dismissed Colombo's and Falloppio's claims that they discovered the clitoris, arguing that the clitoris had been widely known to medical science since the second century. Female genital mutilation is carried out in several societies, especially in Africa, with 85 percent of genital mutilations performed in Africa consisting of clitoridectomy or excision, [] [] and to a lesser extent in other parts of the Middle East and Southeast Asia, on girls from a few days old to mid-adolescent, often to reduce sexual desire in an effort to preserve vaginal virginity. Clitoraid spokesperson Nadine Gary stated that the group's mission is to raise public awareness about the clitoris because it has "been ignored, vilified, made taboo, and considered sinful and shameful for centuries". Share on Pinterest.

Smith, K. Rubenstein, N. The external phenotype and reproductive behavior of 21 freemartin sheep and two male pseudohermaphrodite sheep were recorded with the aim of identifying any characteristics that could predict a failure to breed. Fuller, Linda K Women's Health: Hormones, Emotions and Behavior. After the 13th to 14th weeks of gestation, androgen exposure produces clitoromegaly alone.

Reaktion Books. June Women and Gender: A Feminist Psychology 4th ed. The clitoris is the human female's most sensitive erogenous zone and generally the primary anatomical source of human female sexual pleasure. Seven Seas Press.