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Warpy

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9. I don't think even "Our Bodies, Ourselves" went into the whole structure

Reply to Sky Jewels (Reply #7)

Wed Oct 19, 2022, 12:19 AM

Oct 2022

and even nursing school tended to ignore it. It's an amazing bit of kit and a lot bigger than most people have any idea of.

I think they're only beginning to understand all the things it does, another leftover hangup from men's medicine considering female parts icky doodle, even if they specialized in them.

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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