Public schools for juveniles avoid discussing details about genitalia, even in sex education classes. They typically focus only on the reproductive process and avoid anything about pleasure. This is understandable considering concerns about how parents may respond.
Religious institutions have many references about sex and genital cutting in their texts, however, they appear to avoid the topic. One reason is concerns about offending different sects (e.g. Christians don’t want to offend Jews due to differences about “circumcision”).
Even medical schools fail to provide details about genitalia. Here is a study about “Presentation of the Human Penis in Anatomical Source Materials” and here is Jessica Ann Pin, an individual that has been spending many years attempting to improve medical literature regarding the clitoris.
This ignorance leads to unintentional sexual abuse such as forced retractions of males, failure to properly care for the elderly in nursing homes, unnecessary surgeries on laboring women, and unintended harm to individuals getting genital surgery.
Decades ago, this ignorance would be understandable, but there have been many studies done, papers written, and books created recently. This information still needs to become a regular part of mainstream education. Here is a sampling:
- Anatomic Study of the Clitoris and the Bulbo-Clitoral Organ
- Anatomy, histology, and nerve density of clitoris and associated structures: clinical applications to vulvar surgery
- Foreskin care in childhood
- Correlation Between the Distribution of SP and CGRP Immunopositive Neurons in Dorsal Root Ganglia and the Afferent Sensation of Preputial Frenulum
- Beyond dorsal penile nerve block: a more humane circumcision
- Prospective investigation of penile length with newborn male circumcision and second to fourth digit ratio
- Histological Correlates of Penile Sexual Sensation: Does Circumcision Make a Difference?
- Fine-touch pressure thresholds in the adult penis
- Sensory innervation of the human male prepuce: Meissner’s corpuscles predominate
- Infant circumcision and adult penile sensitivity: implications for sexual experience
- Variability in penile appearance and penile findings: a prospective study
- Physical, sexual, and psychological impact of male infant circumcision: An exploratory survey