This is a protective
hood of skin that covers the clitoris. There is no standard size
or shape for the hood. Some women have large clitoral hoods that
completely cover the tip of the clitoris. Some of these can be retracted
to expose the clitoral head, others do not retract. Other girls
have smaller hoods that do not cover the full length of the clitoris,
leaving the head exposed all the time.
It
is increasingly common to have the hood pierced and a ring inserted
in a similar way to an ear piercing. Though much less common,
other women opt to have the hood surgically trimmed or removed
so as to perminantly expose the clitoris. Such a procedure is
very much like male circumcision but should not be confused with
'female circumcision' which is a more radical and crual amputation
of parts of a girl's genitals, usually including her clitoral
head.
Girls
with larger hoods can often masturbate by working the hood to
and fro over the head of their clitoris. Girls with more compact
structures tend to rub the clitoris and hood together as one item.
Size
does not make any difference to the amount of pleasure a girl
can get from stimulating her hood and clitoris.
If
your hood can be retracted to expose your clitoris do ensure that
you do this when bathing so that the inner folds are thouroughly
cleaned as this area can be a breading ground for bacteria and
thrush causing yeast infections
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