I had a HS science teacher tell us this. Which honestly seemed progressive by US public school sex ed standards.
At the risk of coming off like a total ignoramus It’s not totally off base right? The structures develop from the same starting point so the male/female genitalia have analogs of each other I thought.
It’s very reductive, sexist since it takes the penis as default organ and the article says that’s how it’s described in Gray’s anatomy, the book that doctors use and students learn from of the human anatomy.
I agree that it’s reductive and not the way doctors should be learning this stuff. And I do see how it might imply a default view to some so I will just state the obvious corollary:
The penis is just a large version of the clitoris.
The clitoris is not a penis, but they are homologous organs, meaning they develop from the same embryonic tissue (the genital tubercle) and share similar structures like erectile tissue and a glans. Both are highly sensitive, but the clitoris differs from the penis because it does not contain a tubular urethra for urination.
Google. I just thought it was pretty weird and ignorant to call it a little penis.
It’s a context thing. Like the reason calling it a tiny dick in the book context is the framing comes from a patriarchy stand point. It can’t be just the clit or a sexual arousal organ or whatever. It has to be framed in the lens of patriarchy as lesser.
Gender surgery is pretty advanced anymore.
If you want TMI as someone on small does T with one, it hasn’t just enlarged but the sensation of how it feels to be touched has changed dramatically.
To your point. Men and women are not as different as the systems of power want us to believe and is the core of actual feminism.
I had a HS science teacher tell us this. Which honestly seemed progressive by US public school sex ed standards.
At the risk of coming off like a total ignoramus It’s not totally off base right? The structures develop from the same starting point so the male/female genitalia have analogs of each other I thought.
Ovaries/testes, scrotum/labalia, clitoris/penis.
You are correct.
Good question, I always assumed it had the same nerve endings as a penis but that’s it?
It’s very reductive, sexist since it takes the penis as default organ and the article says that’s how it’s described in Gray’s anatomy, the book that doctors use and students learn from of the human anatomy.
I agree that it’s reductive and not the way doctors should be learning this stuff. And I do see how it might imply a default view to some so I will just state the obvious corollary:
But I thought clitoris was supposed to be more concentrated dick
Google. I just thought it was pretty weird and ignorant to call it a little penis.
That’s what I keep telling the ladies, but they don’t listen.
Its actually fairly validating vis-a-vis genital reconfiguration surgery for example, IMO.
Also I would assume it works the other way for trans dudes on T and their stuff tending to grow enlarged, validation-wise.
We’re really not that different, male and female. That’s the devastating (/s) truth.
Yep, there is a reason we call it a T-dick.
It’s a context thing. Like the reason calling it a tiny dick in the book context is the framing comes from a patriarchy stand point. It can’t be just the clit or a sexual arousal organ or whatever. It has to be framed in the lens of patriarchy as lesser.
Gender surgery is pretty advanced anymore.
If you want TMI as someone on small does T with one, it hasn’t just enlarged but the sensation of how it feels to be touched has changed dramatically.
To your point. Men and women are not as different as the systems of power want us to believe and is the core of actual feminism.