genitals

Usually sexual anatomy is taught through the lens of reproduction, so it’s only about penises and vaginas, testes and uteri. Seen through the lens of of pleasure, sexual anatomy looks different.

Let's get the health issues out of the way first, since there really aren't any big ones. The only important or potentially big health risk shaving may pose is if you shave, then have genital sex of any kind with a partner very soon afterwards. That's because the small nicks, scrapes and minor...

Dear Scarleteener, congratulations on being such an active participant in your own health care, and for doing your best to take care of both your physical and emotional well-being. That can be hard to do, particularly when life and school get crazy (as they tend to). I'm hoping that the gynecologist...

and Nadine asks, My boyfriend and I have been having sex for a month and to be fair we have only tried five times. The last time we tried I was completely aroused and when we started actually having sex it was fine at first. However, after some time my arousal suddenly went away for no apparent...

Fordyce's spots -- if that's what we're talking about here -- are nothing to be concerned with. If they are on the lower shaft of the penis -- rather than around the glans -- and you have had them for a while and have not been sexually active with a partner, that's certainly a possible issue here...

No. No kind of sex can change the shape or size of your body (sparing something temporary and small, like erections or clitoral swelling because of being aroused). If you become pregnant due to any given kind of sex you can have shape or size changes, but that's about it. To find out about what...

Like any myth or urban legend, there's just enough truth involved to make something sound reasonable or make people question it. Just like any other part of the body, when one's weight changes, it makes the body look different than it did before the weight loss or gain. So it would not be...

The answer to this depends entirely on exactly what you're talking about here. If you're wondering whether a gynecologist can tell if a woman has ever had an orgasm, then the answer is no. Orgasm does not permanently change the state of the genitals in any way. There would be nothing special for the...

Oh sweetie! Let's break this down and deal with one issue at a time here to see if we can't work this all out, shall we? First off, let's talk about this labia issue. How many real life labia (other than your own) have you seen up close and personal? I'm going to guess you probably haven't seen very...

Sounds to me like you could use some good, old-fashioned vulva reclaiming. And it's so not just you that does, I swear. Let's start by tossing out terms like "va-jay-jay." Seriously, when television writers -- on a medical show, of all things -- have to be cute about it you know we're living in a...