First, he fixed on her brown outer labia, then moved inside to her dark pink inner labia, explaining how each performed when excited.
The outer labia can be seen at the front of the woman's body.
Between the outer labia are the inner labia which do not have hair and are very sensitive.
In its most extreme form, a girl's outer labia, inner labia and clitoris are scraped or cut off.
The inner and outer labia are cut away, with or without excision of the clitoris.
The term infibulation stems from the Roman practice of piercing the outer labia with a fibula, or brooch.
In the upper part, between the outer labia, there's a fold of skin that, on second thought, looks like a kind of blister.
Before she is 10, a midwife circumcises her, snipping off her clitoris and stitching together the outer labia.
It is located where the outer labia meet, below the pubic mound.