PSYCH 2810 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Orgasm, Menstrual Cycle, Sexual Intercourse
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Clitoris: function: pleasure, source of the female orgasm is clitoral stimulation, clittoral glans contains about 8000 nerve endings (penile glans contains about 4000) G-spot- 1 inside the vagina, towards the urethra. The majority of the sexual lubrication is sweating process from vaginal mucosa. It can secure the economic and social future of daughters. It will prevent the clitoris from growing long like a penis. Reduction or elimination of female genitalia, attenuate sexual desire in the female. Type 1: excision of the prepuce, with or without excision of part or all of the clitoris (illegal in us); same as foreskin in males. Type 2: excision of the clitoris with partial or total excision of the labia minora. Type 3: (most common) excision of part or all of the external genitalia and stitching/ narrowing of the vaginal opening (infibulation): first sexual encounter is. Type 4: (least common) cauterizing/stretching of the labia and clitoris.
