There is a popular idea out there that the clitoris is the only organ of the human body whose sole function is pleasure:

“orgasm has persisted as a pleasurable evolutionary legacy, without the reproductive association.”

“the clitoris… has the unique distinction of being the only organ in the human body dedicated solely to pleasure.”

It’s a sexy idea, isn’t it?

That women’s bodies are special, containing a little button that exists purely to enhance our pleasure…

This idea is widely shared in sexology, feminism, science, and popular media.

But it is wrong.