Recently, Dr. Ju Young Lee built upon the research of Dr. Helen O'Connell and created a complete 3D mapping of the nerves of the clitoris. What they found was extraordinary.
There are several complex tree-like branching nerves that innervate the mons pubis, clitoral hood, and skin folds of the vulva. And that's in addition to the 10,000 nerve endings on your clitoral glans.
Here we see the 3D rendering of the internal clitoris. The green and pink areas - the corpus cavernosum and corpus spongiosum - are the erectile tissue, the areas that fill up with blood when stimulated by touch or vibration (note that we have as much erectile tissue as a penis but it's inside the body).
The blue area - the venous network - is the vascular system - the veins, that carry the blood to the green and pink areas (the erectile tissue). Note the shape of the internal clitoris and how the wishbone shape cascades down on both sides of the vaginal opening.
The blue, red, pink, green, and yellow areas are distinct branches of the dorsal nerve that innervate different areas of the clitoral glans. If you look at section A, you see the complex nature of each nerve branch. Nothing peeters out; in fact, the nerve branches out and reaches more area.
This is my favorite part of the research. These orange strands cascading down past each side of your internal clitoris (the legs and bulbs of the clitoris) innervate your inner and outer labia. They start above the clitoral glans and extend down on either side of the vaginal opening.
Will Antidepressants Stop Me From Ever Achieving Orgasm?
Hi Betty,
I'm so happy to have found your site (I no longer feel alone!) and am definitely going to give your tips a try regarding my anorgasmia. I was wondering though if you or anyone you know of, run a class in the UK like the group body workshops you have videos of. Also I notice that the video prices are in $, can I still buy these in the UK?
If not a class, could you recommend a therapist in the UK, as I feel like it might be nice to have the support.
Feel Almost Nothing When I Touch My Clitoris
Hello!
First of all: this is a wonderful page and I already read and found a lot of really helpful things.
Living at Home...Can't Order Sex Toys...How Can I Masturbate?
Dear Dr. Betty
I'm not a teen anymore, but I live with my parents. Unfortunately I don't believe they understand I have sexual needs as an adult because they still see me as a kid (because I'm still an University student and I never dated anyone before) so they wouldn't accept the fact that I do masturbate and need sex toys.
Thing is, I'm too shy to go to a sex shop all by myself and I can't order online because of my parents.
What can I possibly do? Thank you so much.
Dear A,
I Can Only Get Aroused if I'm High
Hi!
I'm 17 years old and I'm from Brazil, so chances are my English is not very good, sorry about that. So I've done sex for the first time last year. At first I didn't know very well what I was doing, but after searching a little (and finding your videos) things got much clearer for me. It took me some time and self discovery to be able to have an orgasm and it felt great. But then I tried having sex after smoking pot and it felt like ten times better.
I Think About Engaging in Mutual Masturbation with Another Woman
Betty,
I appreciate your straight forward, candid approach of breaking down all these barriers and just putting it out there like it is.
So as I am discovering, I am one of the more rare here. I will be 50 in a few days and just recently discovered the benefits and joys of enjoying myself. I have been married close to 30 years to the same man, only sexual partner, several children and never once had solo sex. Such practices were taboo growing up, it is probably the reason for having to deal with so many issues of low self esteem, poor relationship skills etc.
I Love Him But Can't Shake the Feeling of Being with Another Guy
Hi Dr. Betty,
I am 21 years old and have been with my boyfriend for almost 7 years. He is the only person I've ever had sex with. I love him but I just can't shake the feeling about being with another guy. I want to but the guilt will kill me and I love him too much to just end our relationship. As well we have a family together I don't want to jeopardize that.
I just don't know what to do. I can't stop thinking about it and I feel guilty and helpless.
Any advice?
Thank you
T.
Dear T,
Pleasure is Learned
I can’t write a number large enough to cover the amount of emails I get from young, middle-aged, and older woman asking me how to have an orgasm. The constant refrain is that they have tried EVERYTHING and they still can’t come!
New BF Wants Me to Squirt
Hi Betty and Carlin,
I'm in my 40's and just getting back out there after my 25 year marriage ended. My sex life with the ex was not too exciting. A new guy I've been seeing for a few months is more adventurous sexually (I took a tip from Betty and went out with a younger guy LOL). Anyhow, this guy seems obsessed with getting me to "squirt" and even makes me feel like there's something wrong with me because I can't pull it off.
Is My Hooded Clitoris Keeping Me From Pleasure?
Dearest Betty and Carlin, get a drink, this is a long one.
I am a 63yr old lesbian and I have finally started my journey toward sexual healing and liberation. I discovered your wonderful web site while searching for information on hooded clits. Google had listed it’s best results, when I accidentally dropped my mouse on the keyboard, and up popped your clitoral hood chart page. If that’s not the Goddess sending me to you, I don’t know what is.
The Word "Feminism" Suggests You're Only Interested in Women
Dear Dr. Betty,
The concept of women always having their own way is not equality. Women have breasts and vaginas. Men have penises.
This fundamental inequality can not be balanced but in all other contexts, for women to have equality to men, men must have the same equality to women.
Women can "do things for themselves" but to overcome the imbalances, women and men should try to understand the world from each others and their own point of view.