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clitoris

In anatomy, part of the female reproductive system. The glans of the clitoris is visible externally. It connects to a pyramid-shaped pad of erectile tissue. Attached to this are two ‘arms’ that extend backwards into the body towards the anus and are approximately 9 cm/3.5 in in length. Between these arms are the clitoral bulbs, lying one on each side of the vaginal cavity.

During sexual intercourse the clitoris swells and stimulation of it results in orgasm. In its swollen state it presses on the urethra and closes it preventing harmful bacteria from entering the bladder.



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When a girl (baby, toddler, preteen, teen) is mutilated, her clitoris and labia are excised with an unsterile tool--a piece of broken glass, a tin-can lid, a sharpened bone.
Freedom from FGM: Female Genital Mutilation violently robs girls of ... by Walsh, Candace / Mothering
Did he stimulate your clitoris or vaginal area with his hand?
Sexual practices at last heterosexual encounter and occurrence of ... by Smith, Anthony / The Journal of Sex Research
In addition, I refer to the belief that sexual excesses (legible on the body in, for example, the oversized clitoris of the lesbian and the black woman or the large penis of the black male rapist) revealed a propensity for violent activities and social degeneracy.
"The strangest freaks of despotism": queer sexuality in Antebellum ... by Abdur-Rahman, Aliyyah I. / African American Review
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