clitoral

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It's never clear whether they're talking about cutting off the clitoral hood, the clitoris itself or the entire vulva.

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Quick take

Of or pertaining to the clitoris.

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

Of or pertaining to the clitoris.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for clitoral.

adjective

Of or pertaining to the clitoris.

Example sentences

It's never clear whether they're talking about cutting off the clitoral hood, the clitoris itself or the entire vulva.

Isn't type 1 a circumcision (removal of the clitoral hood, but not other parts) very rare?

Male circumcision involves the removal of the foreskin (not the glans) while female genital circulation often involves not only removing the clitoral hood and inner labia, but the clitoral glans as well.

Many forms of FGM are just cutting off the clitoral hood, equivalent to a male circumcision.

Well, the hoodie serves the dual function of representing the clitoral hood, as well as the foreskin of the penis.

See also clitoral circumcision, death penalty for apostasy and homosexuality, and other popular cultural practices.

Can you imagine a doctor agreeing to removing a baby girl's clitoral hood?

And before you play the well-female-mutilation-is-worse card, let's just restrict it to clitoral hood cutting, which is the analog of male foreskin removal.

There are forms of FGM that consist of removal of the clitoral hood.

To make it clear, do you think it’s okay to cut off a newborn girl’s clitoral hood (the analog of the male foreskin)?

It doesn't compare to female circumcision in its most extreme form, but it is comparable to female circumcisions of just the clitoral hood.

I was sloppy in being too specific in saying removing the clitoral hood was sometimes justified as enhancing oral sex.

Quote examples

Some even tell me the nerves are "microscopic." I'm talking, specifically, about the exclusion of clitoral anatomy.

His methods for the "rehabilitation" of masturbation addicts included measures up to the point of cutting off part of the genitals, without anesthetic, on both sexes; he wrote men who did should be circumcised and women that did should have carbolic acid applied to their clitoral glans.

For context, here is what distinguishes "porn" from "real sex" according to the website (obviously this list is not intended to be exhaustive): * coming on women's faces * no "hair down there" * no foreplay * no clitoral stimulation * all women love anal * dirty talk I'm willing to wager creating porn without these qualifiers isn't a novel idea and that there are already existing websites offering that.