sakura184
"I just don't think it's going to be anything like an actual clitoris because it just doesn't have the sheer amount of nerve endings required. Plus loads of nerve endings will be lost in surgery. In light of this I highly doubt that post op transwomen are orgasming from their clitoris"
No, trans women don't have a clitoris, but post-op females do, and they can orgasm. If you want I can prove it to you?
The clitors develops from an outgrowth in the embryo called the genital tubercle. Initially undifferentiated, the tubercle develops into either a penis or a clitoris during the development of the reproductive system depending on exposure to androgens (which are primarily male hormones). The clitoris is a complex structure, and its size and sensitivity can vary.
Research indicates that the vestibular bulbs are more closely related to the clitoris than to the vestibule because of the similarity of the trabecular and erectile tissue within the clitoris and bulbs, and the absence of trabecular tissue in other genital organs, with the erectile tissue's trabecular nature allowing engorgement and expansion during sexual arousal. Ginger et al. state that although a number of texts report that they surround the vaginal opening, this does not appear to be the case and tunica albuginea does not envelop the erectile tissue of the bulb.
The are homologous to the bulb of penis and the adjoining part of the corpus spongiosum of the male and consist of two elongated masses of erectile tissue. Their posterior ends are expanded and are in contact with the greater vestibular glands; their anterior ends are tapered and joined to one another by the pars intermedia; their deep surfaces are in contact with the inferior fascia of the urogenital diaphragm; superficially, they are covered by the bulbospongiosus.
Even if someone had no clitoris, it can be constructed from tissue taken from the internal vestibular bulbs below the surface and retain sensitivity and orgasmic ability.