Female ejaculation, myth or reality? Science gives us the answer

Women's orgasms have always been a subject of study and controversy.

Sexology has a short history as a science.. The knowledge it encompasses has not been treated within the scientific context until well into the twentieth century, finding an evident absence of research in this area.

One of the most negative consequences of this delay is the lack of clear conclusions that help to understand the mechanisms that determine many fundamental aspects of human sexuality, such as the orientation and sexual identity of a person, the multi-orgasmic phenomenon or the ejaculatory capacity in women among many others, remaining in approximations that sometimes do not reach more than the purely descriptive.

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Does female ejaculation exist?

One of the phenomena that has generated most interest in women's sexuality is undoubtedly the ejaculatory capacity, attributed exclusively to men until recently.attributed exclusively to men until recently. However, we should not forget that there are millenary references, such as Hippocrates, who spoke of a female semen, or Galen, who affirmed the existence of a female seminal fluid during sex. However, it was Whipple and Perry who contributed most to the social diffusion of the phenomenon in 1982.

During that decade, studies (Belzer, 1981; Bohlen, 1982; Zaviacic et al., 1984; Addiego et al., 1981; Sensabaugh and Kahane, 1982; Pollen and Dreilinger, 1984; Stifter, 1987; etc.) revealed the existence of a fluid different from urine and the woman's own lubrication during orgasm. Although it is true that this phenomenon is not experienced in a generalized way in all women, we will explain why later on.

What is ejaculation in women?

It must be said that this physiological phenomenon goes beyond the lubrication that occurs during the arousal phase and has the following peculiarities:

• We are talking about a liquid less viscous than semen and slightly whitish that comes out of the ejaculate. and slightly whitish that would come out of the vagina during the orgasm phase.

• The phenomenon of relatively recent disclosure to the discovery of the "G-spot", in honor of Dr. Ernst Grafman, the doctor who discovered the "G-spot".in honor of Dr. Ernst Grafenberg, a hollowed structure located on the anterior wall of the vagina (about 5 cm from the entrance) and to which many attribute as an internal branch of the clitoris, would not only be sensitive to pleasure, but be related to the ejaculatory mechanism. Thus, the origin of the emission of the liquid could be in the Skene's glands or paraurethral glands, located in that part of the vaginal anatomy, around the urethra and with a structure similar to the prostate of men.

• The fluid emitted in female ejaculation is made up of glucose, PSP (prostatic acid phosphatase), creatinine and traces of urea.

• This ejaculate would not be homologous to that of the male as it differs in function (it does not have a reproductive purpose). (it does not have a reproductive purpose) and basic composition.

Research

Francisco Cabello, a physician, psychologist and sexologist from Malaga, carried out an interesting research on this physiological process. His starting conceptual hypothesis was based on the fact that since all women have a "female prostate", all of them would ejaculate in the ejaculation phase, they would all ejaculate during orgasm.. The difference is that there are some who are aware of this fact, mainly because of the amount emitted and expelled, while others would not be aware of it because of the small amount generated or because the ejaculate is directed retrograde towards the bladder as occurs in retrograde ejaculation in some men.

To do this, he analyzed the urine of women who underwent the experiment and who claimed not to ejaculate, just after orgasm to identify the presence of prostate antigen (PSA) and other compounds that would confirm part of the hypothesis. This sample was compared with another before the beginning of sexual intercourse to see the possible differences. The results showed that 100% of the women who reported emitting a fluid during orgasm emitted PSA in these. On the other hand, 75% of the women who claimed not to ejaculate, PSA was found in their post-orgasm urine sample. The initial hypothesis was confirmed.

What should we know about female orgasms?

• For all these reasons, it is convenient to interpret this physiological process, if it occurs, as something natural and normal.. This scientific knowledge can distance us from certain prejudices and beliefs that are often present in sexual relations.

• In the same way that occurs in men, where not everyone emits the same amount of ejaculate in each intercourse, in women we will also find differences in the amount of ejaculate.In women we will also find differences depending on the context and many other variables. As we have seen, there is a part of the female population that although they ejaculate, they are not aware of it because the amount is either not enough to identify it, or the direction is retrograde towards the bladder.

In any case, and in spite of the scientific advances that have been made in this field, there is still much to be elucidated. It is evident that the lack of investment in sexological research (except when there is the possibility of commercializing a drug that solves the male/female function) prevents progress in the knowledge of human sexuality. Hopefully this reality will begin to change in the near future.