What is its purpose?
The clitoris is the only organ in the human body that has no other known purpose other than producing sexual pleasure.
Where do you find it?
You can find the clitoris at the 12:00 position of the vulva. It’s located near the top of the vulva and may be hidden under the labia and/or clitoral hood.
Description:
The head of the clitoris, or clitoral glans, is the small pea-sized bud of smooth, spongy, erectile tissue located at the top of the labia minora. It is covered, either partially or completely, by the clitoral hood, a flap of skin that looks like a hood over a little head. The clitoral hood protects the highly sensitive glans. During sexual arousal, the head of the clitoris may become erect and extend while the clitoral hood may retract to make the clitoral glans more accessible.
But, the visible head of the clitoris is just the tip of the iceberg. When someone uses the phrase “the tip of the iceberg”, it refers to the fact that as much as seven-eighths of the iceberg’s mass is under water, leaving only a small portion exposed. The clitoris is very much like an iceberg in that only the small glans is visible to us, but it actually extends into the body. The entire clitoris resembles a four-inch wishbone. It extends from the external and visible pea-sized tip, up the shaft and into the body. The legs of the clitoris inside the body split off like those of a wishbone onto either side of the vaginal walls.
The average clitoral glans is about one-quarter of an inch in diameter and the body of the clitoris is about three-quarters of an inch in length. However, the visible portion of the clitoris of some girls and women can measure up to about 2 1/2 inches in length and nearly 1 inch in diameter. When they are of this size, they look similar to a small penis. In fact, the penis and clitoris are made up of the same tissues and develop from the same fetal structure. So, they vary in size, from woman to woman, much like women’s breasts or a man’s penis.
What do you need to know about it?
Ladies:
· Grab a hand mirror and locate your clitoris. Now locate your clitoral shaft. It’s rigid and it extends from your clitoral glans (or head) up into your body. Did you even know you had one of those?
· The dimensions of your clitoris have nothing to do with its capacity to produce pleasure.
Guys:
· You should wait until she’s warmed up a bit before going for the clitoris, in most cases. Touching the clitoris too early can also be irritating for many women.
· How would you feel if your partner never touched your penis except by accident during sex? If it happened over and over again and you never had orgasms, how would that make you feel? Would you become angry, bitter, and dissatisfied? Would you start to resent having sex with that partner? Many guys are clueless about the clitoris, where to find it, what it’s for, and how to stimulate it. This has to change.
· While the clitoris is very important, don’t focus entirely on this pleasure button, there is more to a woman that the clitoris, explore the rest of her body as well.
· It can be irritating to touch the clitoris with a dry finger, so make sure it’s lubed when you touch her there.
Both:
· The clitoris is packed with 8000 nerve endings – more so than any other body part, male or female.
· This is the area of the vulva that is most sensitive to sexual stimulation. Be sure you become very familiar with it.
· Stop thinking of the clitoris like a pea-sized nub. It’s not like some little fire button that you press to launch orgasms. The clitoris is made up of three main components:a head, a shaft, and a base, with over 18 individual parts, both hidden and visible, all of which play a role in the production of pleasure. It’s a whole sophisticated network of erectile tissue