Designed for pleasure

I see plenty of articles and blogs about men and their packages, so
in the interest of fairness, here's some info about women and
our package.
 I will continue to keep us all up to date on what we women
bring to the table in this respect! Enjoy and please share your
thoughts and comments!

Clitoris   The clitoris is the female sexual
organ found where the labia minora, or inner lips, meet. It
consists of a rounded area or head, called the glans, and a longer
part, called the shaft, which contains cavernous bodies similar to
those of the penis.

The tissue of the inner lips normally covers the shaft of the
clitoris, which makes a hood, or prepuce, to protect it. The only
directly visible part of the clitoris is the glans, which looks
like a small, shiny button.

The size and shape vary considerably among women. It can be seen
by gently pushing back the skin of the clitoral hood. There is a
high concentration of nerve endings in the clitoris and in the area
immediately surrounding it.

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The abundance of nerve endings in the clitoris makes it very
sensitive to direct or indirect touch or pressure. Stimulation of
the clitoral area can be very pleasurable.

Clitoris — The Only Organ Designed for
Pleasure
In fact, providing its owner with sexual pleasure is the
organ's only known function, and the clitoris is the only organ
in either sex with pleasure as its sole function. It has nothing to
do with getting pregnant, with menstruation, or with
urination.

When a woman becomes sexually aroused, both the glans and the
shaft fill with blood and increase in size. The glans can double in
diameter. There is no evidence that a larger clitoris means more
intense sexual arousal.

As erotic stimulation continues and orgasm approaches, the
clitoris becomes less visible as it is covered by the swelling of
tissues of the clitoral hood. This swelling is designed to protect
the clitoris from direct contact, which, for some women, can be
more irritating than pleasurable. It moves out again when the
stimulation stops.

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After orgasm the clitoris returns to its normal size within
about ten minutes because the orgasm leads to a dispersal of the
accumulated blood. If the woman doesn't have an orgasm, the
blood that has flowed into the clitoris as a result of sexual
arousal may remain there, keeping the clitoris engorged for a few
hours. Many women find this uncomfortable.

A woman's clitoris can be stimulated through direct or
indirect contact. During intercourse the penis does not contact the
clitoris directly. The thrusting of the penis in the vagina,
regardless of the position used, moves the labia minora, and it is
this movement of the lips against the clitoris that usually creates
the orgasm.