It’s no secret that there is a lot more mystery surrounding the female orgasm than the male orgasm.
In the most recent Australian Study of Health and Relationships study, published in 2014, 91.9% of heterosexual men and 66.2% of heterosexual women had an orgasm at the last sexual encounter.
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But one sociomedical researcher in France, Odile Fillod, believes that to fix this knowledge problem about sex and female pleasure, we should be improving sex education in schools. She has thus developed a 3D-printed clitoris to demonstrate that the clitoris is made up of the same tissue as the penis.
Odile told The Guardian that teaching women (and men) about the female orgasm through the clitoris will give them a healthier and more informed view on sex.
“It’s important that women have a mental image of what is actually happening in their body when they’re stimulated,” She said. “In understanding the key role of the clitoris, a woman can stop feeling shame, or [that she’s] abnormal if penile-vaginal intercourse doesn’t do the trick for her – given the anatomical data, that is the case for most women.”
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She also addressed the common misconception that the female anatomical equivalent of the penis is the vagina when it comes to pleasure.
“It’s also vital to know that the equivalent of a penis in a woman is not a vagina, it’s her clitoris. Women get erections when they’re excited, only you can’t see them because most of the clitoris is internal. I wanted to show that men and women are not fundamentally different.”
Odile praised France’s reputation for being sexually liberal, however believes there needs to be a more equal focus on female sexuality, and hopes her creation can improve understanding in the future.
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