# Which is more sensitive: the clitoris or the cornea? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 30, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-sensitive-the-clitoris-or-the-cornea/629874 "2012-07-30T18:33:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kenben1989](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@kenben1989](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenben1989)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-sensitive-the-clitoris-or-the-cornea/629874/1 "2012-07-30T18:33:55Z")
This is a kind of strange questions but im a dude so i can’t know. I’ve heard that the glans clitoris is extremely sensitive, far more sensitive than the penis because of the larger number of nerve endings. However, how does it compare with the cornea (most sensitive part of the eye) in regard to different sensations like touch or pain. Any information about the nerve endings density of those two are also welcomed. It would be simply nice to have a comparison to a body part I also have. Thanks 😉 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-sensitive-the-clitoris-or-the-cornea/629874/2 "2012-07-30T18:43:57Z")
I doubt you’d orgasm from having your cornea licked. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-sensitive-the-clitoris-or-the-cornea/629874/3 "2012-07-30T18:45:53Z")
Just an anecdote but my girlfriend does not like it when I lick her eye. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-sensitive-the-clitoris-or-the-cornea/629874/4 "2012-07-30T18:46:57Z")
“Oh, My God! I’m Seeing!” ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-sensitive-the-clitoris-or-the-cornea/629874/5 "2012-07-30T18:47:31Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > I doubt you’d orgasm from having your cornea licked. or even gently rubbed. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-sensitive-the-clitoris-or-the-cornea/629874/6 "2012-07-30T18:47:59Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Just an anecdote but my girlfriend does not like it when I lick her eye. Isn’t that foreplay for skull-fucking? ---
**Author:** ![kenben1989](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@kenben1989](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenben1989)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-sensitive-the-clitoris-or-the-cornea/629874/7 "2012-07-30T18:49:36Z")
Obviously I’m not talking about orgasm or sexual pleasure ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-sensitive-the-clitoris-or-the-cornea/629874/8 "2012-07-30T18:50:47Z")
I don’t want a little vibrating pocket thingy placed on my cornea. Ouch. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-sensitive-the-clitoris-or-the-cornea/629874/9 "2012-07-30T18:53:49Z")
> [@kenben1989](#): > > Obviously I’m not talking about orgasm or sexual pleasure Obviously. But if you asked, “what’s more sensitive, the cornea or the tip of the penis” what kind of responses would you expect? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-sensitive-the-clitoris-or-the-cornea/629874/10 "2012-07-30T19:33:33Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > “Oh, My God! I’m Seeing!” I laughed! ---
**Author:** ![Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curiosity_Kills_Her)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-sensitive-the-clitoris-or-the-cornea/629874/11 "2012-07-31T03:01:44Z")
I’d rather have my girly bits pierced than my cornea, if I had to choose one. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-sensitive-the-clitoris-or-the-cornea/629874/12 "2012-07-31T03:25:32Z")
Interestingly… if both are very sensitive to touch, why is one erogenous and the other only capable of discomfort? I would imagine that as far as pain goes, you could inflict more pain on a woman’s cornea than her clitoris. Does this mean it is more sensitive? But I am not a woman so I wouldn’t honestly know. > [@Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](#): > > I’d rather have my girly bits pierced than my cornea, if I had to choose one. Awesome username/post combo!!! ---
**Author:** ![Zulema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/db5fbb/32.png) [@Zulema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zulema)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-sensitive-the-clitoris-or-the-cornea/629874/13 "2012-07-31T16:38:14Z")
I have both and I’m constantly having both messed with so I have to say the cornea. ---
**Author:** ![retterath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@retterath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/retterath)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-sensitive-the-clitoris-or-the-cornea/629874/14 "2012-07-31T18:44:00Z")
I have had metal shavings removed from my eye twice. Only reason I even noticed something was wrong, the inside of my eyelid got shredded and burned like hell. So \*my \*corneas are not that sensitive. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-sensitive-the-clitoris-or-the-cornea/629874/15 "2012-07-31T18:50:58Z")
I’m going to go out on a limb and say the clit has a greater _variety_ of receptor nerves. But the cornea does have this odd “sting” sensation on contact with materials that don’t irritate genitalia. But hey, I just pressed on my cornea for reference, so that was disturbing. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-sensitive-the-clitoris-or-the-cornea/629874/16 "2012-08-03T03:08:42Z")
As a male I can’t try the clitoris, but after a little cornea play, I think I understand better why it was always so much work talking girls into sleeping with me. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-sensitive-the-clitoris-or-the-cornea/629874/17 "2012-08-03T04:36:20Z")
Well, people don’t pierce their corneas… ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-sensitive-the-clitoris-or-the-cornea/629874/18 "2012-08-03T04:43:25Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Well, people don’t pierce their corneas… …yet. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-sensitive-the-clitoris-or-the-cornea/629874/19 "2012-08-03T16:43:31Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Well, people don’t pierce their corneas… I knew people pierced the vulva, but you’re telling me they actually pierce their clitoris? Wow. I can only think that they have that thing that happens when you get horny perpetually–that thing where otherwise unpleasurable sensations (i.e. pain) become pleasurable. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-sensitive-the-clitoris-or-the-cornea/629874/20 "2012-08-03T17:44:04Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I knew people pierced the vulva, but you’re telling me they actually pierce their clitoris? Wow. I can only think that they have that thing that happens when you get horny perpetually–that thing where otherwise unpleasurable sensations (i.e. pain) become pleasurable. Yep. [Genital piercings](http://wiki.bmezine.com/index.php/Category:Genital_Piercings) Vaguely worksafe, depending. It’s from the Body Modification Wiki. That page just has a list of genital piercings, but the different links do have pictures, so persue at your own risk. (It’s a good site for information if you’ve got new piercings. When I was having trouble with my nose piercing, I got some good info there) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-sensitive-the-clitoris-or-the-cornea/629874.md?page=2)