She said that if you talk to people who check out their vulvas during masturbation, or who get close to their partners' genitals during partnered sex, they'll likely tell you it looks huge compared to what they expected or saw at the start of the sexual experience.įor someone experiencing a clitoral erection, they may notice their genitals feel more sensitive than usual, whether they're being touched or not. It's just less noticed because it's not often talked about, Milhouse said. The same is true of the clitoris there's a distinct difference between a flaccid and erect one.

With penises, these erections tend to look quite obvious. When the genital tissue engorges with blood, it makes the area more sensitive to physical touch and creates a firmer feel and appearance, according to Milhouse. There are two corpora cavernosa in the penis, and the clitoris has one corpus cavernosum where blood rushes, Milhouse said.

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