#aphallia

Sayori from Doki Doki Literature Club is an intersex demigirl using she/her and they/them pronouns, and she has clitoral aplasia!

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I have a group of friends that I make erotic content with (we are all 18+, no worries!) and every now and then we talk about our irl sexual health as well. Now- one of my friends has been neglected and abused throughout her life, and still lives with her abuser. This is just to give the context that she doesn’t always know about things she never found out about, and we have to teach her that certain things her abuser told her aren’t true.

Occasionally in conversation about vaginal masturbation, she’s mentioned that she never actually touches herself because she doesn’t even “have one of those” in reference to a clit. Obvs i don’t have a problem with that, but it did make me curious if it was possible for someone with a vagina to have no clitorus, or if it’s another case where she’s misinformed and doesn’t know how to identify it.

Is it possible to be born with a vagina/vulva and no clitorus?

Hii! Ooh, I love odd questions ngl, so thanks for sending this my way.

Congrats on your group, that sounds awesome! And I'm so glad y'all are able to help each other out like that, that's so sweet. 💞 Good for y'all.

Well, it is possible! You can be born without pretty much every body part (though survival past birth depends). I believe its very rare but its hard to say how rare given how little research there is on things involving the clitoris.

In fact, it's an intersex variation! It's generally called aphallia, which is a term for when someone is born without a penis or clitoris. You won't find a lot of information on it involving clitoris' but there are a few papers on it, I believe.

So yes, it's possible. It's also completely possible she isn't aware of how to identify her clitoris as well!

And, not to pry into your affairs, but if y'all are discussing this shit, you could straight-up just ask if she's been taught how to check for her clitoris or if that's something she was diagnosed with, realized over time or what.

Just make it clear you're aware its her business at the end of the day and she doesn't have to share if she doesn't want to.

(Also, maybe irrelevant but you don't need a clitoris to masturbate. And lacking an external clitoris doesn't mean the entire internal structure is missing. Or other pleasure points. Just saying.)

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PT: Agenital Spectrum Pride Flag /end PT

Agenital: an umbrella term in which one is born without visible genitals or without parts of ones genitals, due to being abnormally closed, underdeveloped, or absent (genital aplasia). The variation does not usually occur by itself, but is usually coupled with other intersex variations.

The flag was coined by Tumblr user idvault.

Mullerian subsets

PT: Mullerian subsets /end PT

Vaginal aplasia or vaginal agenesis is when someone with a female-like body has little to no genitallia.

Vaginal hypoplasia is a term for when someone with a female-like body has an underdeveloped vagina.

Labial Hypoplasia is a subset of vaginal hypoplasia in which one is missing one or both labia.

Clitoral Hypoplasia is a subset of vaginal hypoplasia in which one has an underdeveloped or small clitoris.

Clitoral Aplasia is a subset of vaginal hypoplasia in which one does not develop a clitoris.

Wolffian subsets

PT: Wolffian subsets /end PT

Penile agenesis or penile aplasia is a term for when someone with a male-like body has no genitallia.

Penile hypoplasia is a term for when someone with a male-like body has an underdeveloped penis.

Micropenis is a term for when one with a male-like body who has an unusually small penis, usually due to another intersex trait, however this is not always the case.

Cryptorchidism is a term for when one with a male-like body is missing one or more testicle, or when one or more of the testicles have formed fully within the body rather than outside.

Monorchidism is a term for when one with a male-like body has a single testicle. They are typically fertile, as their single testicle is usually functioning.

Microorchidism is a term for when one with a male-like body has unusually small testicles. One with this variation typically has a lack of masculine horomones released due to the decreased size and functionality, which often leads one to have more feminized traits.

Ambiguous subsets

PT: Ambiguous subsets /end PT

Aphallia is a term for someone who is born without a phallis. This includes penile agenesis and clitoral aplasia.

Urethral Agenesis is a term for someone who is born without a urethra.

Sexlessness: absent/null sex identity; an umbrella term for lacking sexed characteristics or qualities (planned/desired or not), such as in nullosex (nullogenital, nullogonadal), asexed/assex (agonadal (gonadal agenesis), agenital (genital aplasia), ansex (angenital, angonadal, sterile)), nonsexed/unsex(ed) and desex/ed (i.e. eunuchs).

I mentioned it gonads and genitalia (also known as “primary/secondary” sexes), but this could also apply to hormonal, phenotypic, genic/genetic &/or genotypic/chromosomal/chromosomic sexes in some levels (karyotype, sex genes, chromosomes, genotype, phenotype and body/corporeality), e.g. you could identify as sexless because you are X0 intersex, have hormonal depletion (hypohormonal or hypogonadism) or sex paraphoria (i.e. indifferent what sex you have).

Link from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is intersex and pansexual, and he has aphallia and anorchia!

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