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Is My Clitoris Too Small?

By:
Ruth Westheimer

Question :

I have a wonderful lover/husband, but we once watched an adult movie and I am now very self-conscious because I have a small clitoris. I feel like a freak. Is there anything I can do to make it protrude more so that I would feel sexier? I am afraid of losing my husband because I am not as sexual as I should be and I feel so different. Please help me.

Answer :

You're not so different as you seem to think. What you're suffering from is the same thing that I've heard quite often from a lot of men who watch porn movies. They see the male stars with enormous penises and feel that their penis doesn't measure up. But this is the first time I've had a woman ask me the "size" question vis-a-vis her clitoris. My answer, however, is going to be very similar: Porn movies are not mirrors of real life. They choose men who are well-endowed, and it's very likely that the clitoris you saw in that movie wasn't typical either.

More importantly, just as the size of a man's penis doesn't make him a better or worse lover, the size of your clitoris has nothing to do with your sexuality. You can have orgasms whether your clitoris is big or small, and if you are not having orgasms, it's not because of the size of your clitoris.

You mention that you want to be more sexual for your husband. It might just be that your appetites are different, and you can't do much to change that. Or you may be having a relationship problem that is causing you to not want to have sex as much. These are issues to explore, which you can try to do on your own or with a counselor's help.

 

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