Girls are often taught not to refer to their sexual body parts directly and to use terms like ‘lady parts’, or ‘private parts’ or ‘down there’. The outer sexual anatomy is called the vulva: this includes the lips (labia), pubic hair, the clitoris, the urethra, the vagina and the vaginal corona. We talk frankly and honestly here at Bish.
Female sexual body parts are possibly not quite as easy to see as male ones: many young women like to have a look at theirs with a hand mirror between their legs. The more someone knows and understands their body, the more likely they will learn how to look after it, know when something is wrong, know how it functions and understand how it can give us pleasure.
So let’s start with the Labia and the other body parts which you can see on the outside.
For more on the vulva then go to my post ‘Am I Normal?’
This is thin folds of skin tissue at the opening of the vagina (which used to be called the hymen). Fingers or penises or tampons can stretch it during first time sex. Occasionally it might bleed or hurt when it’s stretched for the first time, but not for most. For more about the vaginal corona go here It used to be said that the ‘hymen’ is a membrane of skin tissue which breaks: this is no longer accurate.
Next up is the Clitoris. The only reason that the clitoris exists is to give a woman sexual pleasure and it is very very important. It can be seen on the outside: it looks quite small and can be difficult to find sometimes but it’s really large on the inside.
Click here for my post about masturbation tips.
For a video about this from me click here
For more on the internal clitoris, check out this video from Betty Dodson.
And finally the G Spot, Prostate and Ejaculation. Some women ejaculate when they have an orgasm. It is not urine. Not all women can ejaculate (or want to). Ejaculation doesn’t mean that someone has better orgasms.
For a video from me about this click here
For the abstract of the original research about female ejaculation go here
For more detail about this and why women might confuse ejaculation with urination click here and scroll to the bottom for comments from me.
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All images and text © Justin Hancock 2010 Bish Training
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