# How long must I lick a clit? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 30, 2000, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-must-i-lick-a-clit/47738 "2000-12-30T00:02:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Uniball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Uniball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniball)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-must-i-lick-a-clit/47738/1 "2000-12-30T00:02:54Z")
Usually I stay there for 20 minutes. Too little? Too much? ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-must-i-lick-a-clit/47738/2 "2000-12-30T00:04:16Z")
“must”? You say it like it’s a chore or something. ---
**Author:** ![DeskMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@DeskMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeskMonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-must-i-lick-a-clit/47738/3 "2000-12-30T00:09:44Z")
You should do it until you’re told to stop. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-must-i-lick-a-clit/47738/4 "2000-12-30T00:12:11Z")
It’s one of those “You’ll know when you see it” kind of things. ---
**Author:** ![DocDaneeka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c68b51/32.png) [@DocDaneeka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocDaneeka)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-must-i-lick-a-clit/47738/5 "2000-12-30T00:16:25Z")
As long as you can. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-must-i-lick-a-clit/47738/6 "2000-12-30T00:20:23Z")
Word of advice: You don’t have to push really hard with your tongue, or stick it way far out, or concentrate too much when performing cunnilingus. Just relax into it. It is the long _repetition_ of the _same_ licking motion that drives a woman to (or at least near) orgasm, not a stort-duration pressure on “just the right spot” at “just the right moment”. Besides, taking it easy while you’re getting your licks in, so to speak, also saves the bottom of your tongue from getting badly scraped by the tops of your lower teeth. Which will also increase how long you can keep up the licking. Oh, and if she _does_ respond well to small variations in your technique over the course of one licking session, just gently inscribe the letters of the alphabet. I tend to linger on the “I” and the “O” for some reason ;). End of sermon. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-must-i-lick-a-clit/47738/7 "2000-12-30T00:37:07Z")
Until she’s happy for you to go on to something else. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-must-i-lick-a-clit/47738/8 "2000-12-30T00:53:31Z")
Got a foreskin? No? Don’t bother. ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-must-i-lick-a-clit/47738/9 "2000-12-30T01:58:42Z")
Hee, Euty. Good lord, man, you make it sound like you’re entering enemy territory. (Okay, that’s a whole other thread.) I can see it now- UNIBALL Mom, Dad, Demi… I have to go now. I’m so sorry. DODECABALL Oh, son… good luck. UNIBALL Now, you know I might not make it. DEUXLUMP Don’t say that! \ UNIBALL Now, my will is in the Bible. Father O’Ball has given me my last rites, just in case. I’m going. DEMIBALL Uni, I’ll play with Saltyball for you. UNIBALL Take care, kid. \*with one last tender look at his family, Uniball takes the steps one by one. He knows that upstairs, she is waiting… and she’s expecting him to muff dive. Fade on tearful family\* Sigh. As long as she likes, of course. Cunnilingus is a joy. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-must-i-lick-a-clit/47738/10 "2000-12-30T01:59:31Z")
3 hours, 17 minutes, and 24 seconds. In all seriousness, I like **DeskMonkey** ’s answer. Or until she begs you to stop because she just can’t take any more orgasms. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-must-i-lick-a-clit/47738/11 "2000-12-30T02:02:03Z")
Until they send her to the asylum. Oh sorry, wrong thread. ---
**Author:** ![Uniball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Uniball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniball)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-must-i-lick-a-clit/47738/12 "2000-12-30T02:02:41Z")
andygirl - FUNNY!🙂 ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-must-i-lick-a-clit/47738/13 "2000-12-30T02:07:24Z")
And by the way, how in the world can you know “20 minutes?” Do you have a fricking egg timer by your bed? ohmorepleasepleaseplease _DING_ Sorry, honey. Time’s up! Good cunnilingus is an art- it should be timeless, vibrant, and inspired by the Dieties of Orgasm. ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-must-i-lick-a-clit/47738/14 "2000-12-30T02:08:43Z")
Ummm…perhaps instead of worrying about how many minutes are “enough”, you and your SO might want to talk about what turns you both on and what makes each of you feel so damn horny and orgasmic that you just can’t help yourselves from doing the “When Harry Met Sally” kind of thing. It sounds like (no pun intended) you aren’t getting a whole lot of feedback from your SO when you are spending those 20 minutes down there licking. It reads like she isn’t saying to you “harder, softer, left, right, more or less”. Perhaps it just isn’t her thing, or perhaps you are unwittingly making her feel pressured to have an orgasm on demand. You’ve risked heaps by posting on this board about this issue anyway - can you risk a little more and **ask** your SO what she would enjoy you doing to her? Because every one of us can tell you what works for us personally, but none of us can really speak on behalf of your SO. ---
**Author:** ![pythonzzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-must-i-lick-a-clit/47738/15 "2000-12-30T02:08:43Z")
Go to Napster and download John Valby’s “50 Ways to Eat Your Lover” ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-must-i-lick-a-clit/47738/16 "2000-12-30T02:16:07Z")
Bill H. wrote: > [@](#): > > Until they send her to the asylum. Oh sorry, wrong thread. You misspelled “alylum.” Hope this helps. ---
**Author:** ![caircair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@caircair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caircair)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-must-i-lick-a-clit/47738/17 "2000-12-30T02:33:27Z")
Depends on a lot of things: the mood she’s in, how hot she is, how hot you are, your technique, your enthusiasm level, etc. I can say from personal experience, after two and a half years with my SO, all of the above makes a BIG difference. If I’m tired or upset, he can be there for more than an hour and all I’ll get is sore. If I’m really ready and randy, it won’t take more than a few minutes, tops. Best answer: talk it over with your partner, how she likes it, what she likes, what she wants, etc. (And turn about IS fair play.) ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-must-i-lick-a-clit/47738/18 "2000-12-30T02:44:51Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by andygirl \*\*\* > Good cunnilingus is an art- it should be timeless, vibrant, and inspired by the Dieties of Orgasm._\* I wish I was allowed to practice this art - I used to love to spend literally hours doing it - orgasm after orgasm for her. But unfortunately, I live with someone who hates it. ☹ Oh shit. TMI again. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-must-i-lick-a-clit/47738/19 "2000-12-30T02:46:51Z")
I’ve tried to tell Anthracite she can come live with me, but she won’t move. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-must-i-lick-a-clit/47738/20 "2000-12-30T03:09:02Z")
Uh, **Uniball**? You might want to, I dunno, ask your partner.(?!?) You _do_ know there are plenty of topical chat rooms available, right? We fight Ignorance around here, but sheesh, not even Unca Cece could answer a question that vague. Have fun and pop your corn however you want. But good grief, man, you’re about as subtle as a mallet across the front teeth. Veb [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-must-i-lick-a-clit/47738.md?page=2)