The Clitoris: An Anatomical History

This month I changed gears when I remembered that it is Women’s History Month! Rather than talking about penises, our focus will be on the clitoris and sexual dysfunction for female-bodied people. We will go back to the topic of erectile dysfunction in cis-gendered males in May.

In today’s episode, I talk about the History of the Anatomy of the Clitoris and why it matters. The topic is packed with information, comical, and dark all at the same time.

Then at about 17:00 minutes into the program, I give you a rapid-fire, super-condensed, summary of the innervation of the female genitals. I do this so that you can have some basic knowledge before I come back with some answers from my interview with Dr. Claire Yang.

Dr. Yang is a urologist who has written some fascinating papers on “Female Sexual Dysfunction in Neurologic Disease” and the “Sexually Responsive Vascular Tissue of the Vulva”. She sometimes sees PwMS who come to her with concerns about how MS is affecting their sexual response cycle.

If you are a female-bodied person who has experienced any MS symptoms interfering with your sexual response cycle and you have questions- email them to me at info@MSexualHealth.com and I will ask her when I talk to her on the 17th.

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Here are some of the resources used in the production of this episode:

·         “Anatomy of the Clitoris” by Helen E. O’Connell, Kalavampara V. Sanjeevan, and John M. Hutson

·         “Female Sexual Dysfunction in Neurologic Disease” by Claire C. Yang

·         “Sexually Responsive Vascular Tissue of the Vulva” by Claire C. Yang, Christopher J. Cold, Ugur Yilmaz, and Kenneth R. Maravilla

·         “The Lexicographical Lesbian” by Stephen Turton