Michelle Moscova does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. New research reported in the media says the clitoris plays an important role in fertility and reproduction, making it more than an organ that exists purely for sexual pleasure. But some media headlines were misleading , including:. The reports were based on a controversial review by retired UK scientist Dr Roy Levin published this week in the journal Clinical Anatomy. He brings together evidence to support a new theory that the clitoris is equally important for reproduction as it is for sexual pleasure, which he first proposed in
The clitoris is a structure about the size of a pea located at the top of a woman's vulva, above the urethral opening. The vulva is a single term used to describe all of the external female genital organs. Grouped around the vagina an internal organ , these organs include the labia majora, the labia minora , the clitoris, the vestibule of the vagina, the bulb of the vestibule, and the glands of Bartholin. The two sets of labia lips form an oval shape around the vagina.
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Later, when asked by Hera and Zeus to settle an argument over which sex has the most pleasure in intercourse Hera thought men; Zeus said women , Tiresias replied, Women. Definitely women. For this impertinence, Hera struck him blind.
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