Dear Betty:

I have come to realize that I have no hood over my clit. In a way this bothers me. I feel like I am missing something. I am able to have an orgasm but it takes about 30 -40 min. I was wondering if you have ever heard of a women being born without one. I also was wondering if you have any pictures of a vagina without a clit hood. I am a 22 year-old female and this has been bothering me for some time.

Dear TT, There are lots of variations on women's sex organs like a friend of mine was born with two vaginas. By the way the vagina is our birth canal and only represents a small part of our whole wonderful package. Another woman had two uteruses and one lucky woman had a huge clit. Yet another unlucky woman had her oversized clit removed when she was an infant and cannot have an orgasm as an adult. I did see one example of a woman who had her hood surgically removed in the hope that she could come from fucking only, but it didn't work. Note above the drawing I made of the woman who had surgery to expose her clitoral shaft. So as long as your clitoris works, not having a clitoral hood is something I'd just accept. Count your blessings that you can have an orgasm at all. Taking 30 to 40 minutes to have an orgasm is average for us. Why would we want to come fast like so many men? It feels great and if anything, I'd suggest that every so often you spend an hour or more masturbating and having several orgasms. Enjoy your clitoris just the way it is. Betty