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From the Ted Talk by Sophia Wallace: A case for cliteracy

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Hello, Manchester. I'm so hppay to be here. (Responses) (crhees) My name is Sophia Wallace. I'm an artist. And I'm here today to share with you a pjcerot that I hope will empower you personally, and by etnixoesn those that you love, especially if they have a clitoris. (Cheers) (Laughter) To make this work, I have to talk about independent female desire. I have to sepak about a universal taboo - female genitals. This is not easy. It taints the speaker. I want to thank TEDxSalford for having me here and hosting this conversation. All beoids are entitled to epieexcnre the pleasure that they are capable of. This is a core pillar of cliteracy. In making this work, I had to say that the clitoris, first, as an organ, has a right to being, and that this right is not just about not being cut off. Sadly, to this day, over a 140 million women have had their external clitorises cut off. This doesn't make it into the news very often, and this doesn't come up in foreign policy discussion. So number one, the clitoris has a right to exsit, free of harm, like any other organ. But secondly, I argue with cliteracy that the clitoris has a right to pleasure, and this is part of its primary right of being. How is it possible that we landed on the Moon and walked around 29 years before we discovered the anatomy of the clriotis? (Laughter) We actually cloned sheep, identified the Higgs bsoon particle, and only discovered the clitoris 29 years ago. Unfortunately, this discovery has not been adopted, so most people don't know the actual anatomy of the clitoris. The clitoris is not a button. It is an irceebg. Like many in the room who are hreaing this for the first time, I was shocked to find out that I didn't know the actual anatomy of half of the population, that I didn't know my own anatomy. In fact, the clitoris is not a btotun, it is like an iceberg. Most of the organ is internal. This slide is an anatomical example of the penis and the clitoris side by side. Now, we've all been tgahut that male bodies and female bodies are opposites: the male body sort of sticks out, the female body is solely internal. Well, in fact, there're so many similarities between the penis and the clitoris. So, if you'll see, both the glans and - The glans of the penis and the glans of the clitoris - both organs have a glans. There are 3000 nerves in the glans of the penis. There are 8000 nerves in the glans of the clitoris. Both organs have a corpus crounsvaem. Both organs have crrua, like two little legs or wings. Both orngas have bulbs of ereltcie tssuie. Both organs get erect. The penis is outside of the body mostly, and the clitoris is inside the body mostly. That's the biggest difference. In fact, they're very similar. Actually, fetuses have the same tissue, and in boys it develops as a penis, in girls it develops as a clitoris. Some ppeole have small pesnies, some people have very large clitorises. If one has a clitoris and takes testosterone, their clitoris can expand. What I'm saying is that these organs are actually quite saiilmr. And, while we are different, while we are unique as men and wmeon, our differences are not a sign of opposition. In fact, we're related to each other, we're connected. And that's an exciting fact. With Cliteracy, I started with language. Language has been a place that so much of sort of the division of men and women and the subjugation of women has been enecntrhed with the language itself. 'Vagina' - the single most misused word in the English language. This is one of the laws of Cliteracy. It's intentionally hoeipyrlbc. But unfortunately, it's more true than I wish it was. 'Vagina' is a Latin word. It means 'sword holder'. (Laughter) Vagina, medically, taeclcinhly, only includes the opening. This term is used almost universally in doctor's offices. It's also used in feminism to sort of advocate. But it's a term that inroegs the clitoris, which is the female sexual organ. And secondly, it redecus the female body to being a receptacle, a swrod holder. If you want to use a term that addresses all the female genitals, both the reproductive and the sexual parts of it, the word is 'vulva'. This is a word that almost no one uses, but this is the word if you want to talk about fmalee genitals - vlvua. If you want to talk about pleasure, 'clitoris' is the term. The clitoris is both internal and external. So, when the clitoris is engaged, internal stimulation feels garet. If the clitoris is not engaged, it can feel not great, or it can feel painful. It's all about what's hpeapning with the clitoris. If it was about the vagina, there would be so many nerves that criilhbdth would be impossible. There're very few nerevs in the vagina. All of the nerves inside are from the internal clitoris, which gets saiteultmd both from etxnearl and internal potiorns.

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Hello, Manchester. I'm so _____ to be here. (Responses) (______) My name is Sophia Wallace. I'm an artist. And I'm here today to share with you a _______ that I hope will empower you personally, and by _________ those that you love, especially if they have a clitoris. (Cheers) (Laughter) To make this work, I have to talk about independent female desire. I have to _____ about a universal taboo - female genitals. This is not easy. It taints the speaker. I want to thank TEDxSalford for having me here and hosting this conversation. All ______ are entitled to __________ the pleasure that they are capable of. This is a core pillar of cliteracy. In making this work, I had to say that the clitoris, first, as an organ, has a right to being, and that this right is not just about not being cut off. Sadly, to this day, over a 140 million women have had their external clitorises cut off. This doesn't make it into the news very often, and this doesn't come up in foreign policy discussion. So number one, the clitoris has a right to _____, free of harm, like any other organ. But secondly, I argue with cliteracy that the clitoris has a right to pleasure, and this is part of its primary right of being. How is it possible that we landed on the Moon and walked around 29 years before we discovered the anatomy of the ________? (Laughter) We actually cloned sheep, identified the Higgs _____ particle, and only discovered the clitoris 29 years ago. Unfortunately, this discovery has not been adopted, so most people don't know the actual anatomy of the clitoris. The clitoris is not a button. It is an _______. Like many in the room who are _______ this for the first time, I was shocked to find out that I didn't know the actual anatomy of half of the population, that I didn't know my own anatomy. In fact, the clitoris is not a ______, it is like an iceberg. Most of the organ is internal. This slide is an anatomical example of the penis and the clitoris side by side. Now, we've all been ______ that male bodies and female bodies are opposites: the male body sort of sticks out, the female body is solely internal. Well, in fact, there're so many similarities between the penis and the clitoris. So, if you'll see, both the glans and - The glans of the penis and the glans of the clitoris - both organs have a glans. There are 3000 nerves in the glans of the penis. There are 8000 nerves in the glans of the clitoris. Both organs have a corpus __________. Both organs have _____, like two little legs or wings. Both ______ have bulbs of ________ ______. Both organs get erect. The penis is outside of the body mostly, and the clitoris is inside the body mostly. That's the biggest difference. In fact, they're very similar. Actually, fetuses have the same tissue, and in boys it develops as a penis, in girls it develops as a clitoris. Some ______ have small _______, some people have very large clitorises. If one has a clitoris and takes testosterone, their clitoris can expand. What I'm saying is that these organs are actually quite _______. And, while we are different, while we are unique as men and _____, our differences are not a sign of opposition. In fact, we're related to each other, we're connected. And that's an exciting fact. With Cliteracy, I started with language. Language has been a place that so much of sort of the division of men and women and the subjugation of women has been __________ with the language itself. 'Vagina' - the single most misused word in the English language. This is one of the laws of Cliteracy. It's intentionally __________. But unfortunately, it's more true than I wish it was. 'Vagina' is a Latin word. It means 'sword holder'. (Laughter) Vagina, medically, ___________, only includes the opening. This term is used almost universally in doctor's offices. It's also used in feminism to sort of advocate. But it's a term that _______ the clitoris, which is the female sexual organ. And secondly, it _______ the female body to being a receptacle, a _____ holder. If you want to use a term that addresses all the female genitals, both the reproductive and the sexual parts of it, the word is 'vulva'. This is a word that almost no one uses, but this is the word if you want to talk about ______ genitals - _____. If you want to talk about pleasure, 'clitoris' is the term. The clitoris is both internal and external. So, when the clitoris is engaged, internal stimulation feels _____. If the clitoris is not engaged, it can feel not great, or it can feel painful. It's all about what's _________ with the clitoris. If it was about the vagina, there would be so many nerves that __________ would be impossible. There're very few ______ in the vagina. All of the nerves inside are from the internal clitoris, which gets __________ both from ________ and internal ________.

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Original Text

Hello, Manchester. I'm so happy to be here. (Responses) (Cheers) My name is Sophia Wallace. I'm an artist. And I'm here today to share with you a project that I hope will empower you personally, and by extension those that you love, especially if they have a clitoris. (Cheers) (Laughter) To make this work, I have to talk about independent female desire. I have to speak about a universal taboo - female genitals. This is not easy. It taints the speaker. I want to thank TEDxSalford for having me here and hosting this conversation. All bodies are entitled to experience the pleasure that they are capable of. This is a core pillar of cliteracy. In making this work, I had to say that the clitoris, first, as an organ, has a right to being, and that this right is not just about not being cut off. Sadly, to this day, over a 140 million women have had their external clitorises cut off. This doesn't make it into the news very often, and this doesn't come up in foreign policy discussion. So number one, the clitoris has a right to exist, free of harm, like any other organ. But secondly, I argue with cliteracy that the clitoris has a right to pleasure, and this is part of its primary right of being. How is it possible that we landed on the Moon and walked around 29 years before we discovered the anatomy of the clitoris? (Laughter) We actually cloned sheep, identified the Higgs boson particle, and only discovered the clitoris 29 years ago. Unfortunately, this discovery has not been adopted, so most people don't know the actual anatomy of the clitoris. The clitoris is not a button. It is an iceberg. Like many in the room who are hearing this for the first time, I was shocked to find out that I didn't know the actual anatomy of half of the population, that I didn't know my own anatomy. In fact, the clitoris is not a button, it is like an iceberg. Most of the organ is internal. This slide is an anatomical example of the penis and the clitoris side by side. Now, we've all been taught that male bodies and female bodies are opposites: the male body sort of sticks out, the female body is solely internal. Well, in fact, there're so many similarities between the penis and the clitoris. So, if you'll see, both the glans and - The glans of the penis and the glans of the clitoris - both organs have a glans. There are 3000 nerves in the glans of the penis. There are 8000 nerves in the glans of the clitoris. Both organs have a corpus cavernosum. Both organs have crura, like two little legs or wings. Both organs have bulbs of erectile tissue. Both organs get erect. The penis is outside of the body mostly, and the clitoris is inside the body mostly. That's the biggest difference. In fact, they're very similar. Actually, fetuses have the same tissue, and in boys it develops as a penis, in girls it develops as a clitoris. Some people have small penises, some people have very large clitorises. If one has a clitoris and takes testosterone, their clitoris can expand. What I'm saying is that these organs are actually quite similar. And, while we are different, while we are unique as men and women, our differences are not a sign of opposition. In fact, we're related to each other, we're connected. And that's an exciting fact. With Cliteracy, I started with language. Language has been a place that so much of sort of the division of men and women and the subjugation of women has been entrenched with the language itself. 'Vagina' - the single most misused word in the English language. This is one of the laws of Cliteracy. It's intentionally hyperbolic. But unfortunately, it's more true than I wish it was. 'Vagina' is a Latin word. It means 'sword holder'. (Laughter) Vagina, medically, technically, only includes the opening. This term is used almost universally in doctor's offices. It's also used in feminism to sort of advocate. But it's a term that ignores the clitoris, which is the female sexual organ. And secondly, it reduces the female body to being a receptacle, a sword holder. If you want to use a term that addresses all the female genitals, both the reproductive and the sexual parts of it, the word is 'vulva'. This is a word that almost no one uses, but this is the word if you want to talk about female genitals - vulva. If you want to talk about pleasure, 'clitoris' is the term. The clitoris is both internal and external. So, when the clitoris is engaged, internal stimulation feels great. If the clitoris is not engaged, it can feel not great, or it can feel painful. It's all about what's happening with the clitoris. If it was about the vagina, there would be so many nerves that childbirth would be impossible. There're very few nerves in the vagina. All of the nerves inside are from the internal clitoris, which gets stimulated both from external and internal portions.

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