the clitoris QUOTES

1 " I know about safe sex," Nathan said, interrupting Jack's thoughts. Jack swallowed. " That's good." He smiled at his son, vastly relieved that there would be no hard questions about his own sex life. " What I want to know is..." Nathan stole a quick look back at the tent. " Where is the clitoris exactly?" Jack's smile fell and he opened his mouth. No words came out so he closed it. Nathan had no problem forming his words, though. " And what the heck is a G-spot? "

2 " There is no such thing as “vaginal orgasm” vs. “clitoral orgasm”. The entire ring of tissues that surrounds the vaginal opening is connected to the clitoris by nerves and blood vessels. Ultimately all these tissues together are responsible for the female orgasm. This entire erogenous zone is often referred to as the “ring of fire”. "

― Abhijit Naskar

3 " ...we touched each other's center, perfectly, just the fingertip upon the clitoris moving more and more slowly, our eyes steady on each other and the delicate pressure fine and more fine until all motion stopped in one still point remembered always, a vision. And then I did not know her pleasure from mine, my body from hers. We fell into and became each other. Then we slipped over the edge, entered and made love. "

― Kate Millett , Flying

4 " In females, the author has found the application of pure carbolic acid to the clitoris an excellent means of allaying the abnormal excitement. "

― Ben Goldacre

5 " In the nineteenth century, girls who learned to develop orgasmic capacity by masturbation were regarded as medical problems. Often they were 'treated' or 'corrected' by amputation or cautery of the clitoris or 'miniature chastity belts,' sewing the vaginal lips together to put the clitoris out of reach, and even castration by surgical removal of the ovaries. But there are no references in the medical literature to the surgical removal of testicles or amputation of the penis to stop masturbation in boys.
In the United States, the last recorded clitoridectomy for curing masturbation was performed in 1948-- on a five-year-old girl. "

― Eve Ensler , The Vagina Monologues