The lost and lonely clitoris (Guardian article)

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www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/may/31/the-lost-and-lonely-clitoris-why-can-so-few-people-find-it

But that is the point of it, right? Sexual pleasure? Well, the clitoris activates a series of sexual responses – unless you’re a female spotted hyena, in which case you urinate, mate and give birth via your (admittedly and, thankfully, larger) clitoris.

So it’s not just female humans who have them then? Other mammals also. And ostriches.

And how big is it, in female humans? Well, the phrase “pea-sized” gets bandied around a lot, but this is another example of how the organ has been misunderstood down the ages. Its nerves and blood vessels extend extensively into the pelvis, in fact about 90% of its bulk lies beneath the surface …

Well, well, well.... It looks like The Guardian has finally taken a few biology lessons!

Perhaps Kath Viner has finally realised she's on the wrong side of history. I can see Little OJ strutting around Guardian HQ like an angry Napoleon, demanding the right to pen a riposte on the male clitoris.

I was amazed not long ago to read how they had finally found it. Not that you will see it in any school text books beyond the pea sized external organ.