New research: clitoris more sensitive than penis

The clitoris has more than 10,000 nerve endings that facilitate sexual pleasure, according to research from New Oregon Health & Science University presented at a scientific meeting of the North American Society for Sexual Medicine and the International Society for Sexual Medicine. For the first time, the number of nerve endings in the clitoris was counted. It’s also nearly 20 percent more than the 8,000 tips the clitoris should have. This estimated number comes from research on cows, not human tissue.

The research was led by Blair Peters, a gender studies plastic surgeon and instructor at the OHSU School of Medicine. Peters used samples from seven genital surgeries for his analysis. During the operations, tissue was removed from the clitoris and put under the microscope by Peters. After detailed analysis and calculations, he found that each patient had an average of 10,281 nerve endings in their clitoris.

“It’s really surprising to think there are more than 10,000 nerve endings in something so small,” says Peters. “Especially if you compare it to other body parts. For example, the median nerve; The nerve that runs through your wrist and hand and is associated with carpal tunnel syndrome has 18,000 nerve endings. While a hand is much larger than the clitoris.”

Understand female sexual pleasure better

Although medical science has historically paid little attention to the vulva, penile research is widespread. This has created a major knowledge gap in the field of genitalia and sexual health. According to Peters, her research is therefore an important step towards a better understanding of female sexual desire. “Not only that, it could be positive for sex reassignment surgeries that use clitoral tissue to create a penis, and labiaplasty, where sexual pleasure is now much better preserved.”