The Sexual Response - The Female Response

The Response Cycle: An Observed Pattern, not a Norm

2. Plateau

The Clitoris
Once a certain level of excitement has been reached, the clitoris retracts under the clitoral hood or foreskin, and thus becomes inaccessible to direct stimulation by the woman or her sexual partner. (In the past, it was not always understood that this retraction of the clitoris indicates an increase, not decrease, of sexual excitement).

With mounting sexual excitement, the glans of the clitoris retracts under its hood.