The clitoris is the female sexual organ, its name comes from the ancient Greek Kleitorís, some time later the doctor Rufus of Ephesus pointed out that such a term already existed derived from a verb called Kleitoriázo, which means to caress or caress the clitoris to reproduce pleasure, being located below the point where the labia minora of the vulva meet, it has a head or glans, which can appear to be of varying size smaller than a pea or be larger than the tip of a finger; but only the tip of the clitoris can be seen above the vulva, in the folds of soft texture where the lips meet, under the skin of the hood.
It contains a spongy body that measures approximately 9 centimeters and is hidden inside the body. Despite these measurements, they are not usually exact since it varies in very diverse measurements, possessing various degrees of sensitivity.
It can reach a total length of 13 centimeters and the clitoral glans measures 4 millimeters wide and 5 millimeters long, being at rest that when excited and being stimulated reaches 1.5 centimeters in length in an average woman and being This is only one eighth of the entire clitoris, which like the penis, the clitoris is solely for providing pleasure and becomes rigid on contact, swelling during sexual arousal.
And the only function it has is to feel pleasure; having more than 8,000 thousand nerve endings twice as many as the penis, it is not related to the process of human reproduction. Its stimulation can be direct or indirect, most women achieve pleasure by masturbating the area themselves, which being well lubricated the stimulation does not cause irritation, it is very flexible and mobile and when stimulated the internal axis, called the G-spot, is discovered. that stimulates the entire vagina in a rhythmic way, stretching, opening and shrinking the female sexual organ. For 30% of women, stimulating it is enough to produce an orgasm, and in combination with thrusting movements on the vaginal wallscaused with the penis thus obtain a greater range of sensations.
