the eminence of clitoris it can prevent contact and is harmful : said doctor W.G. Rathmann, M.D and He added :

Additional Indications

The following situations would indicate the need for circumcision although less phimosis or redundancy is present.

1. If the patient is quite adipose, a circumcision could be indicated although she has less anatomic defect. Obstruction by the adjacent tissues adds to her problem. This operation may help cure her adiposity by relieving psychosomatic factors.

2. If the husband is unusually awkward or difficult to educate, one should at times make the clitoris easier to find.

3. If the clitoris is quite small and is difficult to contact, a circumcision might help by making it more accessible

dr. Rathmann made a Questionnaire on a groupe of women on which he perfomed the surgical procedure " hoodectomy" and received 112 Questionnaires

the results:

in

73"women" had never experienced an orgasm:

9 Not Successful (12.4%)

64 Successful (87.6%)

in

39"women" had experienced an orgasm with difficulty:

5 Not Improved (12.5%)

34 improved (87.5%)

http://www.noharmm.org/femcirctech.htm

in an article published on scientific American .com :

Why do so many women have difficulty reaching orgasm? A new study suggests that, for some, an anatomical disorder may be to blame. Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine report that roughly one quarter of the women they have treated for sexual dysfunction have clitoral phimosis, which means the hood of skin surrounding their clitoris is too tight or there is no opening in the skin for the glans of the clitoris to protrude for stimulation. The scientists, who were led by Irwin Goldstein, presented their findings at the Female Sexual Function Forum, a four-day meeting in Boston of physicians and therapists that ended Sunday.

The analysis was based on photographs taken of the vulvas of roughly 200 women who have been evaluated at Boston University's Woman's Sexual Health Clinic since its opening in 1998.

It adds:

Goldstein and his co-workers found that women with the highest degrees of phimosis were the most likely to report problems experiencing orgasm. Clitoral phimosis is roughly equivalent to an uncircumcised man with an extremely tight foreskin.

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?art ... D9F&sc=I100322