
It’s Time to Take the Penis off Its Pedestal
A culture of phallus worship has slanted science in crucial and sometimes unexpected ways
Rachel E. Gross is the author of a forthcoming book for W.W. Norton on how anatomists mapped our lady parts.
A culture of phallus worship has slanted science in crucial and sometimes unexpected ways
In the history of sexual anatomy, the clitoris has long been dismissed, demeaned and misunderstood. Here is a view of the clitoris you’ve probably never seen.
Female anatomy hasn’t changed, but our understanding of it sure has
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