Seriously? Who over the age of 16 doesn't know all about the clitoris? This is just meant to garner attention and money. There's no clitspiracy, we just don't want to talk about them all the time. We also don't talk about where a penis is most sensitive in sex ed either, because it's about reproduction, not fun sex. Anyway, this movement is ridiculous and dumb and sad, but the way is is exhibited on that website was shockingly beautiful. It was legitimately fun to navigate. Almost as good as Bloomberg Business.
Who's we and why does an article about clitorises incite such a negative response from you? From the article you're so eager to denigrate, I guess about a third of females over 18 (let alone 16) don't know all about the clitoris. How terrible that anyone pay attention to sex organs. Welcome to every published article you'll read here on Hubski today. "In Bruce Bagemihl's survey of The Zoological Record (1978–1997) – which contains over a million documents from over 6,000 scientific journals – 539 articles focusing on the penis were found, while 7 were found focusing on the clitoris." cribbed from wiki quoting Balcombe, Jonathan (2007). Pleasurable Kingdom: Animals and the Nature of Feeling Good. Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4039-8602-3.. Looks like the mysterious "we" doesn't want to talk about clits, but sure does love to discuss dicks a lot. I'm not saying it's a clitspiracy but I'm saying that this represents a clear pattern of gender bias in research. Gotta know all about dicks but no one cares about the wee sad clitoris. Doesn't support your theory of "we just don't want to talk about them," really. And "all the time" - jeez - this one article today is really overwhelming you, isn't it? Do you feel surrounded? Unable to go anywhere to discuss non-sexual organs? Or at least, maybe instead, some dicks? What movement? The movement to educate women (and men) about their anatomy? The movement to learn more about the anatomy of human beings through medical and scientific exploration and discovery? The movement to talk about something that hasn't been given nearly as much attention as its male counterpart? The movement to educate the ignorant? You're right. It is ridiculous. It's ridiculous that clitorises were often not even portrayed in anatomy textbooks in the 20th century. And you're right. It's dumb. It's dumb for us as people to perpetuate ignorance and not explore and learn as much about our bodies as possible. And it is definitely, definitely, sad - sad that in some parts of the world as many as 85% of women have undergone the brutal removal or destruction of the external parts of their clitorises. It's sad that some religions and cultures today still teach that women do not have sex for pleasure and should not. It's sad that there is such a disparity in knowledge and familiarity with clits vs. dicks both in the scientific community and the populace at large. You may have known everything that was written in this article before you read it. That doesn't make this article pointless or worthless or even wrong. Just because you knew everything in the world about trigonometry, say, doesn't mean that the rest of us should burn our textbooks.A recent study found that 29 percent of female college students could not locate the clitoris on a diagram of the vulva.
This is just meant to garner attention
and money
There's no clitspiracy, we just don't want to talk about them all the time
Anyway, this movement is ridiculous and dumb and sad,
Holy. Shit. You would not believe the amount of stories I have heard and experienced when it comes to dudes and their manual/oral skills. The most common thing seems to be that if you just poke the magic button a few times, bam, we are ready to go. No. Genitals vary. This is as true for women as much as it is for men: it actually took me a while to realize not all guys are always instantly ready to go. It can take some time to get comfortable with getting all up in someone's business. Hell, the only reason I have ANY prowess when it comes to penises is because I googled it. Awkward teenagers do not discuss this shit or have healthy "pillow talk." Young twenty-somethings sometimes don't either. Some people never do. Unfortunately, this is where people often get hung up: being honest and open about sex. Right now, sex ed is generally about reproduction only, which is not good enough. You know what? We SHOULD talk about fun sex. We should talk about libido, how yes you are normal if your sex drive is not as high/low as you think it should be. We should talk about how masturbation is okay and normal and it's important to know your body. We should talk about how sex is RARELY (if ever) like pornography. Not getting rock hard/dripping like a faucet instantly? Let's talk about that too. We should talk about how to fucking TALK about sex because the amount of people I have venting to me about their partner doing/not doing X but expecting them to read their minds is appalling. Most importantly, we should talk about consent. It is not that we don't talk about the clitoris all the time. It's that sometimes we don't talk about anything at all. Got into a little bit of a rant here. Like Jesus fucking Christ can we not all agree that orgasms are awesome and we should work together to mutually enjoy as many as possible?!