FRHD 2100 Chapter 3: Chapter 3

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 2100
• Professor: Tuuli Kukkonen

Document Summary

Only females possesses a sex organ-the clitoris-that"s solely devoted to producing pleasurable sensations. For young women, a basic understanding of sexuality and how their genitals function is a prerequisite for sexual satisfaction. Vulva: the external sexual structures of the female. Mons veneris (pubis): a mound of fatty tissue that covers the pubic bone (the joining of the pelvic bones at the front of the body, below the abdomen and above the clitoris). At puberty, the mons in covered with hair, which is often thick and curly but varies in waviness, texture and colour. The mons cushions a women"s body during intercourse, protecting her and her partner from pressure against the pelvic bone during thrusting motions. There is an ample supply of nerves in the mons so caressing that area can produce pleasurable sensations. Labia majora(major lips): large folds of skin that run downward from the mons along the side of the vulva.