Pleasure Patch

New York City - October 2017

“Clitorises! I can spot a clitoris from a mile away!” A woman exclaimed as she walked from the trees toward the pumpkins in Central Park.

We were excited that she recognized the clitoris, and she responded, “Shouldn’t everyone be able to?”

“Look!” She said to her family as they caught up to her.

“It’s the external part - the glans,” she stood on the largest pumpkin and pointed to the respective part of the drawing. “And the rest is internal!” She motioned to the other parts of the clitoris and continued explaining to her embarrassed teenage daughters, “There are the legs and the bulbs.”

Her boyfriend turned to us and smiled, “It’s not like she has a graduate degree in this or anything.”

“You do?!” We asked.

“Yes! I teach sex education to middle and high school students. They are normally surprised when I am teaching them about the clitoris. But it’s important.”

Her family and her students are lucky to have her.