17/03/2025
Isn’t this incredible!! Absolute work of art!!
The Glitoris (2017) by Sydney artist Alli Sebastian Wolf, who created a scale model of a cl****is in order to raise awareness about the intricacies of female genitalia...
The Glitoris depicts not just the tip above the surface but the 5-12 cm's of interconnected muscle, nerves and erectile tissue beneath the skin.
A giant sparkling 100:1 scale anatomical model of a cl****is
- one of the most misunderstood parts of the human body.
With it comes performances from The Clitorati, costumed ambassadors for the c**t who carry the sculpture, using dance and audience engagement to educate about the cl****is.
A cl****is is like an iceberg
Mostly invisible below the surface, wrapping around the vaginal tunnel and extending out towards the thighs. “The part that we’re seeing and feeling is just this tiny little g***s that creates the head of the cl****is,” says Wolf. “From there, all this fabulous magical stuff is happening beneath the surface.”
There are more than 8,000 nerve endings in the tip of the cl****is alone
That’s double the number of those in a p***s. A cl****is is made up of 18 distinct parts – a mixture of erectile tissue, muscle and nerves. “All those little pieces are working together to create the amazing sensations that anyone with a cl****is feels when they’re having or**sms.” The actual vaginal tunnel has almost no sensation at all – giving birth through something as sensitive as a cl****is would be “excruciating”, says Wolf.
They can swell as much as 300 per cent when engorged
Clitorises range from 7-12 cm in length and swell by 50 per cent to 300 per cent when engorged when aroused. It’s not “a zero to 100 situation”, says Wolf, but as you draw closer to or**sm, it increases in size.
When at rest, the “arms”, or corpora cavernosa, of the cl****is’ body extend straight out towards your thighs. When you’re aroused, they curl around “and give your internal body a little bit of a hug”.
G-**ot and penetrative or**sms are c**toral
Both stimulate internal parts of the cl****is. “You can come from these different places that are all using the cl****is but using it in different ways,” says Wolf. Understanding has been frustrated by historical heteronormative studies of the female anatomy that assumed stimulation by a p***s was necessary to or**sm; Wolf blames Freud.
It was only in 2009 that a small team of French researchers carried out the first sonographic mapping of an erect cl****is, even though the technology to do so had existed for years.