Ever wondered why it took so long
to learn that the Clitoris is much larger than it’s small external glans? (And why so many women don’t know much about their sexual organs? Or how to orgasm for that matter?)
I offer you, ‘A Highly Condensed, Rocky History of the Clit.’
As far back as 150 AD,
the clit gets hinted at but downplayed as an ???????? ????? by Claudius Galen, a Greek physician/philosopher in the Roman Empire.
Then we jump to 1486
where it is called the ‘?????’? ????’ in the ??????? ????????????, a treatise for catching and killing witches. Charming, eh?
Then in 1559
Renaldus Columbus calls it ‘??? ???? ?? ????????? ?? ?????,’ saying it was ‘???-????????? ??? ???? ?? ?????’? ???????.’ Things are finally looking up for the clit! Woot!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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In 1844, the first accurate diagram
?? ??? ???????? (??? ????????) ???????? is drawn by German anatomist, ????? ??????. As you can see, it’s much bigger internally than most know! (I only found this out in the early 90s- thanks to ‘A New View of a Woman’s Body’-see below.)
Nice work, Georg!
I’ve colored and labeled it to make it easier to identify the internal parts in addition to the external glans aka ‘magic button.’⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Then in 1904, Freud has to go and give the clit a bad rap,
saying a clitoral orgasm is for kids and a mature orgasm occurs in the vagina…. without realizing that the Bulb of Vestibule and Corpus Cavernosum of ??? ???????? ???? ?????????? ?? ? ??????? ??????! Oy!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
In 1947, to add insult to injury,
the 25th edition of ????’? ???????, ?????? ??? ????, after including it since ????! ????!⠀⠀
It has been said that Freud and others were influencing how people saw the clitoris as unimportant as it was ‘merely for pleasure,’ unlike the uterus which was for reproduction- therefore ‘purposeful!’
The Glans of the Clitoris, by the way, has 8,000 nerve endings as compared to the penis which has half of that.
Hmmmm…. could Freud have been jealous???
Kinsey in 1953 and Masters & Johnson in 1966
reinstate the clitoris’ importance in sex- yay! Sexologists and the social justice movements of the ????’? rise up to ???? ?????’? ???????????? ?? ??? ???????? ??????. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
In 1981, Suzann Gage
writes that she and a group of feminists, ‘???? ??? ??? ????? ??? ???????? ????????? ?? ??? ???? ????????? ??????? ?????’ and found missing parts of the clitoris!
They even observed themselves during orgasm and with meticulous analysis, Suzann drew the most comprehensive, set of ?? ????-???????? ???????? ?? ??? ???????? ??? ???????? ???????? ?? “? ??? ???? ?? ? ?????’? ????”!!
It is a must-read, women’s self-empowerment, educational treasure!! Fingers crossed, stay tuned for a possible interview with Suzann Gage.
Alas, these 33 seminal drawings
were not taken seriously by the medical community. Fortunately, in ????, Australian Urologist, Helen O’Connell dissects and produces ???????? ?????? ?? ??? ???????? ??? ??? ??????? ?????????!
This image is neither Suzann’s nor Helen’s but is helpful in showing where the Clitoris lies in the body- it’s the green organ.
Suzann’s images are so much more life-like and humane and easier to relate to and learn from as she used real women as models and included idiosyncratic details.
I would go so far as to say as they transmit a sense of embodiment, because real women were embodying themselves while posing for Suzann.
This makes the drawings so much more user-friendly and sure beats the sterility and generic quality of standard anatomical diagrams.
Since, I’m an Embodiment Coach first—
I focus on how to embody your feminine circuitry which includes the Yoni and the Womb.
In Womb Power Meditation & Movement classes, we often work with embodying the clitoris (some classes more so than others) which is a wonderful incremental yet potent step in opening up the channels of sexual energy without focusing on orgasm, all while opening up the womb.
It’s a safe, foundational step forward into your energetic anatomy, paving the way for your nervous system to expand it’s capacity to run energy: pleasure, sexual, life force, Shakti, creational, emotional– you name it!
This ‘Highly Condensed, Rocky History
of the Clit’ was shared 64 times on Facebook! (That’s a record for me, folks! And I’ll take it!) So, I do believe it’s important to women to know the history of the various parts of their sexual anatomy.
The more we know and feel and embody our sexual anatomy, the more we have access to our Sacred Feminine Energy and our true power to manifest in our life.⠀⠀
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You may be thinking, ‘Gee, that’s fascinating
??? ???? ????? ??? ???? ???? ??????????, ???????? ???????’ ⠀ Well, stay tuned for a ????? ??????? ?? ??? ???????? ??????! As well as a part 2 of the “Highly Condensed, Rocky History of the Clit.”
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