Female G-spot is a Real Thing: A Complete Resource
Some research suggests that G-spot and clitoral orgasms are of the same origin.
Masters and Johnson were the first to determine that the clitoral structures
surround and extend along and within the labia. Upon studying women's sexual
response cycle to different stimulation, they observed that both clitoral and
vaginal orgasms had the same stages of physical response, and found that the
majority of their subjects could only achieve clitoral orgasms, while a minority
achieved vaginal orgasms. On this basis, Masters and Johnson argued that
clitoral stimulation is the source of both kinds of orgasms, reasoning that the
clitoris is stimulated during penetration by friction against its hood.
Researchers at the University of L'Aquila, using ultrasonography, presented
evidence that women who experience vaginal orgasms are statistically more likely
to have thicker tissue in the anterior vaginal wall. The researchers believe
these findings make it possible for women to have a rapid test to confirm
whether or not they have a G-spot.Professor of genetic epidemiology, Tim Spector,
who co-authored research questioning the existence of the G-spot and finalized
it in 2009, also hypothesizes thicker tissue in the G-spot
area; he states that this tissue may be part of the clitoris and is not a
separate erogenous zone.
Supporting Spector's conclusion is a study published in 2005 which investigates
the size of the clitoris – it suggests that clitoral tissue extends into the
anterior wall of the vagina.
The main researcher of the studies, Australian urologist Helen O'Connell,
asserts that this interconnected relationship is the physiological explanation
for the conjectured G-spot and experience of vaginal orgasms, taking into
account the stimulation of the internal parts of the clitoris during vaginal
penetration. While using MRI technology, O'Connell noted a direct relationship
between the legs or roots of the clitoris and the erectile tissue of the
"clitoral bulbs" and corpora, and the distal urethra and vagina. "The vaginal
wall is, in fact, the clitoris," said O'Connell. "If you lift the skin off the
vagina on the side walls, you get the bulbs of the clitoris – triangular,
crescental masses of erectile tissue."
O'Connell et al., who performed dissections on the female genitals of cadavers
and used photography to map the structure of nerves in the clitoris, were
already aware that the clitoris is more than just its glans and asserted in 1998
that there is more erectile tissue associated with the clitoris than is
generally described in anatomical textbooks. They concluded that some females
have more extensive clitoral tissues and nerves than others, especially having
observed this in young cadavers as compared to elderly ones, and
therefore whereas the majority of females can only achieve orgasm by direct
stimulation of the external parts of the clitoris, the stimulation of the more
generalized tissues of the clitoris via intercourse may be sufficient for
others.
French researchers Odile Buisson and Pierre Foldès reported similar findings to
those of O'Connell's. In 2008, they published the first complete 3D sonography
of the stimulated clitoris, and republished it in 2009 with new research,
demonstrating the ways in which erectile tissue of the clitoris engorges and
surrounds the vagina. On the basis of this research, they argued that women may
be able to achieve vaginal orgasm via stimulation of the G-spot because the
highly innervated clitoris is pulled closely to the anterior wall of the vagina
when the woman is sexually aroused and during vaginal penetration. They assert
that since the front wall of the vagina is inextricably linked with the internal
parts of the clitoris, stimulating the vagina without activating the clitoris
may be next to impossible.
In their 2009 published study, the "coronal planes during perineal contraction
and finger penetration demonstrated a close relationship between the root of the
clitoris and the anterior vaginal wall". Buisson and Foldès suggested "that the
special sensitivity of the lower anterior vaginal wall could be explained by
pressure and movement of clitoris's root during a vaginal penetration and
subsequent perineal contraction".
Female prostate
In 2001, the Federative Committee on Anatomical Terminology accepted female
prostate as an accurate term for the Skene's gland, which is believed to be
found in the G-spot area along the walls of the urethra. The male prostate is
biologically homologous to the Skene's gland, it has been unofficially called
the male G-spot because it can also be used as an erogenous zone.
Regnier de Graaf, in 1672, observed that the secretions (female ejaculation) by
the erogenous zone in the vagina lubricate "in agreeable fashion during coitus".
Modern scientific hypotheses linking G-spot sensitivity with female ejaculation
led to the idea that non-urine female ejaculate may originate from the Skene's
gland, with the Skene's gland and male prostate acting similarly in terms of
prostate-specific antigen and prostate-specific acid phosphatase studies, which
led to a trend of calling the Skene's glands the female prostate.
Additionally, the enzyme PDE5 (involved with erectile dysfunction) has
additionally been associated with the G-spot area. Because of these factors, it
has been argued that the G-spot is a system of glands and ducts located within
the anterior (front) wall of the vagina. A similar approach has linked the
G-spot with the urethral sponge.
G-spot amplification (also called G-spot augmentation or the G-Shot) is a
procedure intended to temporarily increase pleasure in sexually active women
with normal sexual function, focusing on increasing the size and sensitivity of
the G-spot. G-spot amplification is performed by attempting to locate the G-spot
and noting measurements for future reference. After numbing the area with a
local anesthetic, human engineered collagen is then injected directly under the
mucosa in the area the G-spot is concluded to be in.
A position paper published by the American College of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists in 2007 warns that there is no valid medical reason to perform the
procedure, which is not considered routine or accepted by the College; and it
has not been proven to be safe or effective. The potential risks include sexual
dysfunction, infection, altered sensation, dyspareunia, adhesions and scarring.
The College position is that it is untenable to recommend the procedure.
The procedure is also not approved by the Food and Drug Administration or the
American Medical Association, and no peer-reviewed studies have been accepted to
account for either safety or effectiveness of this treatment.
A team at King's College London in late 2009 suggested that its existence is
subjective. They acquired the largest sample size of women to date – 1,800 – who
are pairs of twins, and found that the twins did not report a similar G-spot in
their questionnaires. The research, headed by Tim Spector, documents a 15-year
study of the twins, identical and non-identical. Identical twins share genes,
while non-identical pairs share 50% of theirs. According to the researchers, if
one identical twin reported having a G-spot, it was more likely that the other
would too, but this pattern did not materialize.
Study co-author Andrea Burri believes: "It is rather irresponsible to claim the
existence of an entity that has never been proven and pressurize women and men
too." She stated that one of the reasons for the research was to remove feelings
of "inadequacy or underachievement" for women who feared they lacked a G-spot.
Researcher Beverly Whipple dismissed the findings, commenting that twins have
different sexual partners and techniques, and that the study did not properly
account for lesbian or bisexual women.
Petra Boynton, a British scientist who has written extensively on the G-spot
debate, is also concerned about the promotion of the G-spot leading women to
feel "dysfunctional" if they do not experience it. "We're all different. Some
women will have a certain area within the vagina which will be very sensitive,
and some won't — but they won't necessarily be in the area called the G spot,"
she stated. "If a woman spends all her time worrying about whether she is
normal, or has a G spot or not, she will focus on just one area, and
ignore everything else. It's telling people that there is a single, best way to
have sex, which isn't the right thing to do.
In 2009, The Journal of Sexual Medicine held a debate for both sides of the
G-spot issue, concluding that further evidence is needed to validate the
existence of the G-spot. In 2012, scholars Kilchevsky, Vardi, Lowenstein and
Gruenwald stated in the journal, "Reports in the public media would lead one to
believe the G-spot is a well-characterized entity capable of providing extreme
sexual stimulation, yet this is far from the truth." The authors cited that
dozens of trials have attempted to confirm the existence of a G-spot using
surveys, pathologic specimens, various imaging modalities, and biochemical
markers, and concluded:
The surveys found that a majority of women believe a G-spot actually exists,
although not all of the women who believed in it were able to locate it.
Attempts to characterize vaginal innervation have shown some differences in
nerve distribution across the vagina, although the findings have not proven to
be universally reproducible. Furthermore, radio graphic studies have been unable
to demonstrate a unique entity, other than the clitoris, whose direct
stimulation leads to vaginal orgasm. Objective measures have failed to provide
strong and consistent evidence for the existence of an anatomical site that
could be related to the famed G-spot.
However, reliable reports and anecdotal testimonials of the existence of a
highly sensitive area in the distal anterior vaginal wall raise the question of
whether enough investigative modalities have been implemented in the search of
the G-spot.
A 2014 review from Nature Reviews Urology reported that "no single structure
consistent with a distinct G-spot has been identified. Hope this resource on
female G-Spot may provide an insight and awareness about the most curious area
of women sexuality.
