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Fanjo Facts Thread

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EatsBrainsAndLeaves · 15/09/2012 21:45

This is as a result of a discussion on another thread about how little women know about their own vulva. Post facts here you want to share. Or ask any questions - nothing is too basic.

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LemarchandsBox · 17/09/2012 19:48

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LRDtheFeministDragon · 17/09/2012 18:51

What was it called? I'd like to see. I'm one of the doubters about MRI scans but I'd still like to see what happened.

(wincing at 40-plus minutes, poor lass, ouch!)

Malificence · 17/09/2012 17:27

The programme on the female orgasm the other night , fronted by Maggie Gylenhall , was very interesting, there were MRI scans of the way the brain, vagina and clitoris reacted to stimulation.
Very brave woman who masturbated to orgasm in the confines of a scanner, it took 40-odd minutes, I'm not surprised!

LRDtheFeministDragon · 16/09/2012 22:03

I will look, but not right now as I on DH's work laptop and don't want anything dodgy to get into the history.

PretzelTime · 16/09/2012 21:48

Anyone got a link with real facts about the hymen?

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EatsBrainsAndLeaves · 16/09/2012 07:39

rosabud - All those other bits are internal. You cant see them.

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sashh · 16/09/2012 06:41

You can have an intact hymen after giving birth.

If you need reconstructive surgery to your lips fanjo skin is the best match.

Adding to the clitoris drawing - it's roughly the shape of a chicken's wish bone.

rosabud · 16/09/2012 00:42

Also, when giving birth........I don't recall thinking about my clitoris much.

rosabud · 16/09/2012 00:42

Erm......I don't think mine looks like that........I'm not very good at maps.....I don't quite see........so where are all those other bits then??

Quodlibet · 15/09/2012 22:07

That clitoris diagram is amazing!!

So does this mean that when you give birth, the baby passes through your clitoris, effectively?

LRDtheFeministDragon · 15/09/2012 22:01

That's a lovely article too. Good on them.

(Tries not to be bitter about the much earlier, better funded discovery of viagra)

PretzelTime · 15/09/2012 21:59

Yay! You made a thread!
Really interesting to see a picture of the clitoris, had no idea it looked like that.

MySpanielHell · 15/09/2012 21:57

Okay, that didn't work.

You put this sign: [ twice before the link, and then this sign ] twice at the end.

MySpanielHell · 15/09/2012 21:56

The link:

www.themarysue.com/clitoris-discovery-2009/

EBAL, links just have these [[

and then these ]] at the end.

LRDtheFeministDragon · 15/09/2012 21:54

Oh ... and this isn't exactly fanjo facts, but apparently the pressure a woman can exert with her contractions in labour is equivalent to tube train doors slamming shut (Jennifer Worth says this in Call the Midwife, anyway, and I've no reason to disbelieve her!). So who says women are not as strong as men? Grin

LRDtheFeministDragon · 15/09/2012 21:53

The hymen isn't a membrane that's stretched across the opening and that 'breaks' when you first have sex. There are all sorts of shapes to that bit of women's bodies. Some of them might rip a little and bleed; others might not. Some people will bleed a little several times when they're first having sex; others won't at all, even their first time.

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EatsBrainsAndLeaves · 15/09/2012 21:50

The clitoris is not just the small tip that you can see externally. It extends into a large organ internally. The link below has a diagram of a clitoris.

www.themarysue.com/clitoris-discovery-2009/

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