Closing the anatomy gap

Countless articles have been published on closing the pleasure gap. It seems clear that women want pleasure. We are demanding that our pleasure and orgasms be considered equally important to that of men’s.

Insofar as an understanding of anatomy and physiology is critical for understanding function, and insofar as understanding of function is critical for treating and preventing dysfunction, why aren’t demands for equal coverage of female sexual anatomy and physiology following these assertions that female orgasm and pleasure are important?

Why is there this logical inconsistency? Why are we happy to discuss female sexual function as if the only thing that matters is what goes on between our ears? Most OB/GYN textbooks say something like, “Orgasm may not be important to female satisfaction.” Female sexual function is usually covered in chapters on psychological issues. What?!

In 2018, medicine is so advanced. We understand how different body parts work in such great detail. Why do we still barely study the clitoris? Why is it that so many anatomically incorrect descriptions of clitoral anatomy get past peer review? Why are readily visible nerves of the clitoris excluded from diagrams of the vulva? Why do discussions of female sexual function exclude adequate coverage of the anatomy and physiology of the vulva?

The average person seems excited to simply learn general anatomy (surface level, excluding details) of the clitoris. Due to the media hype around the bulbs and crura, which have actually…