• SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    The clitoris is not a penis, but they are homologous organs, meaning they develop from the same embryonic tissue (the genital tubercle) and share similar structures like erectile tissue and a glans. Both are highly sensitive, but the clitoris differs from the penis because it does not contain a tubular urethra for urination.

    Google. I just thought it was pretty weird and ignorant to call it a little penis.

    • JustSo [she/her, any]@hexbear.net
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      Google. I just thought it was pretty weird and ignorant to call it a little penis.

      Its actually fairly validating vis-a-vis genital reconfiguration surgery for example, IMO.

      Also I would assume it works the other way for trans dudes on T and their stuff tending to grow enlarged, validation-wise.

      We’re really not that different, male and female. That’s the devastating (/s) truth.

      • Athena5898 [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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        Yep, there is a reason we call it a T-dick.

        It’s a context thing. Like the reason calling it a tiny dick in the book context is the framing comes from a patriarchy stand point. It can’t be just the clit or a sexual arousal organ or whatever. It has to be framed in the lens of patriarchy as lesser.

        Gender surgery is pretty advanced anymore.

        If you want TMI as someone on small does T with one, it hasn’t just enlarged but the sensation of how it feels to be touched has changed dramatically.

        To your point. Men and women are not as different as the systems of power want us to believe and is the core of actual feminism.