Half the World Has a Clitoris. Why Is It Not Studied in Sex Education?

The organ is “completely ignored by pretty much everyone,” say teachers, and that omission leaves high school girls in the dark about their genitals.

The problem is a lack of research. The full anatomy of the clitoris was only recently discovered in 1844. There just is not enough funding.

Sex education doesn’t focus on pleasure. It’s not like female sexual response has any relevance beyond pleasure. It is a bit like chocolate cake in that way.

99% of women allegedly get wet and ready for penetration without any stimulation of the clitoris or rest of the vulva. 99% of women desire sex with partners, even if they do not get any pleasure out of it. Is there research to support these claims? Absolutely not. But this is what we all believe.

We can obviously count on women to reproduce even if they experience no pleasure at all during sex. Why would a woman want to do anything else enjoyable, like read a book or go to spin class, if she can experience a dick going in and out of her vagina while she feels absolutely nothing?

Do women even need pleasure? No! They only need to lie back and cooperate for their male partner, whose pleasure is obviously important because it’s necessary for reproduction. But the most important concern is that the woman not get pregnant. And that’s obviously her responsibility.

Because male orgasm is necessary for reproduction, we teach all about it in sex education for teenagers. And we talk about the penis because it is reproductive anatomy. Because we don’t want teenage girls getting pregnant, we do not teach about female pleasure. And also, female pleasure is not important because it’s not involved in reproduction.

The goal of sex education is obviously to keep teenage girls from getting pregnant. That is why we teach that sex involves the only activity that can result in pregnancy: penis in vagina penetration. We do not teach about other activities that more often result in female orgasm because that’s inappropriate. If girls experience too much pleasure, they might get pregnant. And we don’t want them to get pregnant. But again, female pleasure is not involved in reproduction.

Little is known about female pleasure, so that’s why we don’t teach it. There just has not been enough research on where to find the clitoris. It could be behind a woman’s ear. We really don’t know. It’s all very complex.

If a woman does not have enough to desire for sex, which does not have to be pleasurable for her obviously, that is a desire disorder. It is important for her to talk to her doctor about this.