Clitoris: The Forgotten Core of Female Pleasure and Sexual History

When we talk about clitoris, a complex, pleasure-focused organ with over 8,000 nerve endings, mostly hidden beneath the surface. Also known as the center of female sexual response, it’s the only human organ built purely for pleasure — yet for most of history, doctors, writers, and even scientists pretended it didn’t matter. This wasn’t ignorance. It was control. For centuries, female sexuality was reduced to reproduction. The clitoris? Ignored, erased, or called a "misplaced penis" by 18th-century anatomists. Even in the 1950s, Freud’s myth that vaginal orgasms were the only "mature" kind shaped therapy, marriage advice, and women’s self-image — all while ignoring the fact that over 70% of women need direct clitoral stimulation to climax.

The real turning point came in 1968, when feminist writer Anne Koedt, a radical thinker who challenged medical dogma about female sexuality. Also known as the author of "The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm", she didn’t just question old ideas — she used anatomy to dismantle them. Her essay proved what women had known all along: there’s no magical zone inside the vagina that creates orgasm. Every female orgasm, whether from penetration, touch, or fantasy, starts with the clitoris. That truth didn’t just change sex education — it shifted how women saw their own bodies. Before Koedt, many women felt broken because they couldn’t orgasm during sex. After her, they understood: the problem wasn’t them. It was the lie they’d been sold.

And it’s not just about anatomy. The vaginal orgasm myth, a long-standing belief that penetration alone leads to female climax. Also known as the Freudian myth, it was used to police women’s behavior, shame those who masturbated, and push the idea that women should be passive in sex. That myth kept women silent for generations. But the clitoris doesn’t care about social norms. It responds to touch, pressure, rhythm — not ideology. Today, sex toys, apps, and feminist educators are finally teaching what should have been common knowledge: the clitoris is not a side note. It’s the main event.

What you’ll find in these articles isn’t just history — it’s the story of how women fought to reclaim their pleasure. From Victorian doctors who treated "hysteria" with steam-powered vibrators, to modern researchers who finally mapped the full clitoral structure, the path to understanding female sexuality was paved with silence, secrecy, and stubborn truth-telling. These posts don’t just explain the clitoris. They show you why it was erased — and how it came back.