How much do you know about the clitoris?

Yes, I’m talking about lady parts. But I’m not only referring to an understanding of what the clit is as it relates to sex. There’s a whole world of knowledge that remains unexplored about this female organ, like the fact that the clitoris contains 8,000 sensory nerve endings – double the amount of a penis.

Even though we live in a society inundated with sex, polls reveal that a significant number of women are not getting sexual satisfaction. This trend could be due to the fact that having an open dialogue about the female organism is still taboo in society, and the stigma is preventing women from addressing it with their partners.

This taboo is exactly what one Brooklyn artist is trying to change. Her name is Sophia Wallace and her art explores the misconceptions about the clit, and exposes the word for what it is: a symbol of freedom, sovereignty and sexual equality.

Abby

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Sophia Wallace, artist and founder of The Cliteracy Project on Breaking the Set

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MEDIA ROOTS — Safety and security, or steps toward segregation? If passed, a proposed bill in Kansas would pave the way for discrimination and dehumanisation through vague language calling for quarantine of people with “infectious diseases,” part and parcel of regressive measures tending toward soft fascism. 

MR

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GAY STAR NEWS — A proposed bill in Kansas is calling for people with HIV or AIDS to be quarantined.

Lawmakers are close to passing a new law discriminating against those who have HIV or AIDS, forcing them to be isolated or have their movements restricted.

Kansas House Bill 2183, which has passed in the Kansas Senate, will update the state’s public health statute by allowing quarantine of Kansans with ‘infectious diseases.’

Senator Marci Francisco attempted to restore an amendment providing an exclusion for people living with HIV/AIDS, saying the disease is not spread through casual contact and the bill could permit discrimination.

Cody Patton, Executive Director of sexual health charity Positive Directions, said: ‘We live in a very conservative state and I’m afraid there are still many people, especially in rural Kansas, that have inadequate education and understanding concerning HIV/AIDS.

‘My fear would not be the state uses the law as some way to move all people living with HIV/AIDS into an isolated community, but that this law could allow some county employee to use this law to justify their religious beliefs over their professional responsibilities and discriminate against people with HIV/AIDS.’

Read more about Kansas bill calls for HIV positive people to be quarantined.

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