Originally Posted by refresh9
Can anyone feel an ice cube on the top part of their glans? I don’t mean the underside of the penis nor the ‘ring’ between the glans and the shaft, because those are really sensitive areas. But do you feel ice on your top side of your glans (between that ‘ring’ and the peehole)? I can feel hot water on it, but not so much coldwater/ice. Let me know, wondering if I’m desensitized. Thanks!
OK, I’ll play. Yes, I can feel it, but not as much as I had anticipated I might.
And then I found this article:
The Prepuce: Anatomy, Physiology, Innervation,
Immunology, and Sexual Function
From it:
"The glans penis is primarily innervated by free nerve endings and has primarily protopathic sensitivity. Protopathic sensitivity refers to cruder, poorly localized feelings (including pain, some temperature sensations and certain perceptions of mechanical contact). In the glans penis, encapsulated end-organs are sparse, and found mainly along the glans corona and the frenulum. The only portion of the body with less fine-touch discrimination than the glans penis is the heel of the foot."
So, it’s not a surprise from an anatomical point of view that you and I don’t have great cold sensitivity to that part of the glans, and that you have greater sensitivity in the corona and below the external meatus of the urethra, where the frenulum (or its remnants, if circumcised) is.