Almost 30 years after the intricate web of nerves inside the penis was plotted out, the same mapping has finally been completed for one of the least-studied organs in the human body – the clitoris.
As well as revealing the extent of the nerves that are crucial to orgasms, the work shows that some of what medics are learning about the anatomy of the clitoris is wrong, and could help prevent women who have pelvic operations from ending up with poorer sexual function.
The clitoris, responsible for sexual pleasure, is one of the least studied organs of the human body. Cultural taboo around female sexuality has held back scientific investigations and the clitoris did not even make it into standard anatomy textbooks until the 38th edition of Gray’s Anatomy was published in 1995.
“This is the first ever 3D map of the nerves within the glands of the clitoris,” said Lee. She is amazed it has taken so long, considering a similar level of knowledge regarding the penile gland was reached back in 1998, 28 years ago.
Wait, does it even count if it’s still only women who can find it?
And in the 38th edition of Gray’s Anatomy in 1995 it was introduced as just “a small version of the penis”.
When in doubt, just say it’s some type of penis.
Never fails.
will this be available on Google Maps?
“Your destination may not be open when you arrive”
Her: “Babe, just use the map.”
Him: “I know what I’m doing!!!”
/proceeds to furiously grind her vulva into her pelvic bone
We somehow mapped Narnia, Middle Earth and all the known Quadrants of Federated space before anybody thought to do this.
The dudes responsible for this couldn’t find it
It’s a lot easier to map a fictional thing. The clitoris is obviously not fictional.
Well now that we have a map, I may finally be able to find it.
You should’ve been asking for directions.
I am bad memorizing directions. A map is far more useful to me.
Practice makes perfect.
That’ll get you laughed out of the bedroom. You don’t know where it is? Begone fool!
Communication is normal and healthy. I can’t imagine a partner laughing at me for trying to learn her body better
Hmmm. Haven’t had the chance eh mate?
Lemmy is a multicultural place. Not all people react the same way.
Lee is hoping to open a clitoris exhibition within Amsterdam University Medical Center to help expand knowledge about the clitoris
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That made me lol. Thank you
We need Map Men on the case
the old joke is “what nerve stimulates the clitoris?” “the hypoglossal”
It doesn’t say that the nerves extend to the vagina. Consequently, does the size of the penis matter?
So, the study is not actually out yet.
As the article says… its just a pre print.
A stage before the study is released, before peer review, etc.
What you are talking about is closer to the G Spot, which is even more poorly scientifically understood than the clitoris.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-spot
Based on my uh, life experience so far, my hypothesis is basically this:
Some women have them, others do not.
Of the women that do have them, they can be somewhat different shapes and sizes, but are generally in the same area, and you can generally feel them to have a somewhat distinct texture to the rest of the inner vagina.
For some women, a G Spot orgasm is a totally different kind of orgasm than a clitoral orgasm. I’ve been told that verbatim from more than one woman.
This would indicate to me that… something different is happening to different sets of nerves, in some way.
Beyond involuntary muscle spasms/clenching, sometimes this triggers female ejaculation, sometimes it triggers basically a bladder release (“squirting”), sometimes it triggers neither.
Some women basically require significant g-spot and or significant internal displacement to consistently/reliably climax, others do not.
Sometimes it varies based on other kinds of stimulation… various combinations of different kinds of stimulation… whole bunch of other potential things.
And again, for some, significant volume and / or specific g spot stimulation is either not at all or hardly a factor in their uh, enjoyment.
The actual structure of the clitoris is much more substantial than just the little nub that you can see externally. Its a complex shape, its kind of molded around a bunch of other different parts of the vaginal area, just under the skin, internal, between other organs and tissues.
This is part of why it has been so difficult to map properly… theres a whole lot of anatomical complexity going on there.
(The other part is basicslly sexism).
Some theories are indeed that some women have clitoral nerves that extend either into, or closer toward the actual vaginal wall at the g spot area.
Others focus on the kind of inverted Y shape that the clitoris structure makes under the skin, essentialy straddling the vaginal opening… those are parts of the clitoris and do have nerves, and are moved and thus stimulated when something enters the vaginal opening, or manually stimulates the area.
Still oher theories focus on the so called “Skene’s gland”, or female prostate, as potentially playing an important role in reaching climax for some women, as well as potentially producing essentially vaginal lubricant and female ejaculate.
tl:dr;
Vaginas and surrounding environs are actually fascinatingly biologically complex, and at least to me personally, seem to vary to a significant extent from person to person, in terms of what their possesors find most pleasurable.
Yes, more study is needed to determine whether clitoral nerves extend to other areas or there are other organs involved in female sexual pleasure.
does the size of the penis matter?
Not to lesbians. And some women who do have sex with men like the feeling of being filled up, while others don’t. Some really dislike it when a guy’s dick bumps their cervix during intercourse. I’m not hung like a horse, but vaginal depth can vary a lot between women (not all that closely correlated with body size), so with more than one partner, I’ve encountered that problem and have had to exercise greater care.
From the study, it appears that clitoral nerves don’t extend into the vagina, which seemingly means a large penis doesn’t affect pleasure derived from the clitoris.
There are other nerves all up in there as well, plus I imagine given the uhh… range of clitoral nerves that movement and displacement probably stimulates it indirectly
/m/nottheonion
