Clitoral & Labial Size
Thursday, October 2, 2008 21:03
Ladies, please take part in the following survey:
It may be hard for many to imagine why women should be concerned about the size and shape of their genitals. This is because we often do not envision women as having external genitals; everything is supposed to be inside their body and out of sight. Women have a vagina. This is what we are told in school and life. The fact that girls and women have a vulva is seldom mentioned. Only boys and men are supposed to have external genitals. What most people do not realize is women and girls do in fact have genitals that come in all shapes, colors, textures, and sizes.
As young girls, women may come to see their genitals as nothing more than a smooth dimple between their thighs. What is there is small, smooth, pink, and non-distinct. While the genitals of young girls do vary, they all look pretty much the same to the casual observer. (There are normal and healthy preadolescent girls who have very prominent labia and clitorises.) Young girls are not likely to know the vulva of their mother and other adult women often look much different from their own. Since pubic hair usually conceals the genitals of adult women, even if girls see adult women naked, they are likely to believe their genitals look the same. Not allowing girls to examine the genitals of their mother and other adult women, and by not permitting them to see pictures of vulvae can have a very negative affect on their self-image later in life.


