These "Cliterate" Studies Show How Clueless We Still Are About Female Pleasure

More women than men can't find the clitoris on a diagram, but my readers can…

Carlyn Beccia
Sexography
Published in
8 min readJan 20, 2023

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These “Cliterate” Studies Show How Clueless We Still Are About Female Pleasure
Artwork: ©Carlyn Beccia | www.CarlynBeccia.com

A recent survey from YouGov found that 59% of men and 45% of women could not label a vagina or vulva correctly.

Right about now, my readers are shaking their heads in disgust. None of my brilliant science aficionados would ever fall prey to such folly. By now, you have been bombarded with enough of my bubble gum-colored anatomy illustrations to see clitorises, vulvas, and penises in your sleep.

You're welcome.

But…just in case we need another review… Here are a woman's genitals. Please note where the vulva and vagina are located in case you ever need to find one.

The vulva vs. the vagina
Artwork: ©Carlyn Beccia | www.CarlynBeccia.com

Now, let's stop and think about this lacuna in the population's scientific knowledge. Most men over 18 have had sex. Yet these same men can't identify where they stuck their penises? Odd.

But what is really maddening is almost half of the female participants couldn't label the vulva correctly. How the heck do you walk around with one…

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Carlyn Beccia
Sexography

Award-winning author of 13 books. My latest: 10 AT 10: The Surprising Childhoods of 10 Remarkable People, MONSTROUS: The Lore, Gore, & Science. CarlynBeccia.com