The Clitoris: Anatomical and Psychological Issues
| Autor: | Mark J. Blechner |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
business.industry
05 social sciences 030232 urology & nephrology Clitoris Erectile tissue Anatomy 050108 psychoanalysis Gender Studies 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine.anatomical_structure Urethra External genitalia medicine Vagina 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences business Glans Pelvic surgery |
| Zdroj: | Studies in Gender and Sexuality. 18:190-200 |
| ISSN: | 1940-9206 1524-0657 |
| Popis: | The anatomy of the clitoris is much larger than commonly believed. Besides the small tip of the clitoris known as the glans, which protrudes in the external genitalia, the crura (or legs) of the clitoris extend 9 cm inside the body, with erectile tissue adjacent to the vagina and urethra. This finding has significance for theories of female sexual responsiveness, including the differentiation of clitoral and vaginal orgasms. It also offers guidelines for preserving erotic response during pelvic surgery in women. The facts of clitoral anatomy, clarified with modern scanning procedures by surgeon Helen O’Connell and colleagues (2005), have been repeatedly discovered, forgotten, and rediscovered, at least since 1844, when the German anatomist Kobelt made accurate drawings. Psychological reasons for why the true anatomy of the clitoris has so often been repressed or misrepresented by anatomists, psychologists, and other scientists are proposed. That most anatomists have historically been men may have ... |
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