Vagina MuseumApr 6, 2023

This month, our #VulvaDiversity topic is a peek under the hood. Or more accurately, a peek *at* the hood. We're looking at all the various shapes and sizes that clitoral hoods come in!

As always, you'll get blocked for making sexualised remarks or vulva-shaming comments, so don't do that. Also, this thread will include photos of real human vulvas so if you don't have content filters switched on, don't complain when you see vulvas on your screen!

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The clitoral hood is sometimes called the prepuce. It forms from the same parts as the foreskin if a foetus develops with a penis. The hood is made from a type of tissue called mucocutaneous tissue - somewhere between mucous membranes and skin.
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One of the roles the clitoral hood plays is protecting the glans of the clitoris. This means it covers all or most of the glans. It's normal if you can see some glans, and normal if it covers it entirely!
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Hoods vary a lot in size. Some hoods are around 20% of the length of the entire vulva, while others are up to 50%!
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Hoods also vary a lot in width. Some are wide, others are very narrow. And guess what, it's all normal!
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🧙  âš¡ I think the first photos of this sort that I ever looked at as art works were Tee Corrine's at Good Vibrations in San Francisco. Back when.

Apr 6, 2023 at 2:05pmWeb