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Sep 2021
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Episode 53: Everything You Think You Kno...

DR. JUSTIN LEHMILLER
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Have you ever heard that there are 8,000 nerve endings in the clitoris, or that the clitoris has twice as many nerve endings as the penis? These statements appear as facts in countless social media posts, news articles, and books. There’s just one problem with them, though—they’re wrong. It turns out that so many of the things we think we know about sex and ... Show More
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