Dear clueless,

Women's bodies, like guys, change when they become sexually aroused. During sexual excitement, the body responds to its desire and prepares for sexual contact. Muscles tense. Heart rate and blood pressure increase. In both men and women, nipples may get hard, and women's breasts enlarge.

The hardness you felt is from blood flow increasing to the genitals. When this happens in women, the vulva swells and the clitoris becomes firm or erect, and in men, the penis becomes erect. The tip of the clitoris may be smaller than a pea or bigger than a fingertip. Only the tip of the clitoris is visible at the top of the vulva in the soft folds where the labia meet. The rest of the clitoris reaches inside the body up to five inches. The only purpose of the clitoris is to give girls and women sexual pleasure.

Hope this information helps!

Take care,

teenwire.com^® Editors

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