How big is the clitoris? Where exactly is it located? And how is it structured? If you’re unsure, you’re not alone. Many medical professionals struggle to answer these questions with confidence. This isn’t due to a lack of curiosity on an individual level, but rather a structural problem: Key organs of the female body have long been studied far less thoroughly than their male counterparts. Take the penis, for example — the clitoris’s male counterpart. Both share the same embryological origin,