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Warpy

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

Reply to question everything (Reply #17)

Wed Oct 19, 2022, 11:24 AM

Oct 2022

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.

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Half the World Has a Clitoris. Why Don't Doctors Study It? [View all] question everything Oct 2022 OP

;-( elleng Oct 2022 #1

Gotta find it first. Gidney N Cloyd Oct 2022 #2

Ha! Good one. MLAA Oct 2022 #3

well...I'm not a doctor, but um.... bahboo Oct 2022 #4

" Actually I'm a gynecologists but this is my lunch hour." Gidney N Cloyd Oct 2022 #5

Well that explains cate94 Oct 2022 #6

SMH JudyM Oct 2022 #11

I was in my '50s before I learned about the Sky Jewels Oct 2022 #7

I think that "The Vagina Monologues" was about this question everything Oct 2022 #8

I don't think even "Our Bodies, Ourselves" went into the whole structure Warpy Oct 2022 #9

I think I'm going to name my next pet icky doodle. lol chowder66 Oct 2022 #13

I think that The Hite Report had a detailed diagram, structure, nerve endings question everything Oct 2022 #17

Yes, men mapped it and named all the bits after themselves Warpy Oct 2022 #18

Meanwhile, docs that do trans surgeries have even mapped out the nerve distributions... NullTuples Oct 2022 #10

The article's recommendation to assign urologists responsibility seems misplaced. JudyM Oct 2022 #12

What half? Isn't that an Italian sportscar? ;) Chainfire Oct 2022 #14

"SEXUAL HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE IS NOT SOMETHING WE FOCUS ON niyad Oct 2022 #15

"I love the word clitoris. If I had another daughter, I would name her clitoris." niyad Oct 2022 #16