New Scientist : Everything you always wanted to know about female ejaculation (but were afraid to ask)
The New Scientist has a 3-page article demystifying the subject.
I am surprised that this is still a matter for debate among the scientific community. It is probably the sensitive nature of the topic (for people raised in a Judeo-Christian environment at least) that has slowed down research on that part of human anatomy.
The fact is that some women do ejaculate (I have witnessed it myself). It is not a myth, but not all women have the physical ability to do it. Oddly enough the phenomenon is well known and pretty much undisputed in Japan (under the name of "shiofuki" 潮吹き) and in other East Asian cultures. That leads me to think that the Western suspicion is really caused by the Judeo-Christian taboos on sex.
Many Western scientists have rejected the claims of female ejaculation as being urine. Tests have proven that it is nothing of the sort. The liquid is produced by the female prostate, which is much smaller than the male one, and can vary greatly in size from one woman to another (women with too little prostate tissue won't produce any noticeable liquid). It contains prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and antimicrobial chemicals present in semen, such as zinc, but lacks any substantial amount of urea and creatinine found in urine.
The female prostate is located just above the no less controversial (and nevertheless real) G spot. Sexologists have suggested that the G spot is just the name for the best place to stimulate a woman's prostate.
The clitoris is itself a form a tiny penis. This all shows that men and women aren't that different. Some organs are just more developed in one gender, or the other in the case of breasts. But some of the biggest differences reside in the brain. Men and women's brains work differently due to the sensitivity of brain tissues to sex hormones. This is what makes (straight) men and women think and behave differently.
The New Scientist has a 3-page article demystifying the subject.
I am surprised that this is still a matter for debate among the scientific community. It is probably the sensitive nature of the topic (for people raised in a Judeo-Christian environment at least) that has slowed down research on that part of human anatomy.
The fact is that some women do ejaculate (I have witnessed it myself). It is not a myth, but not all women have the physical ability to do it. Oddly enough the phenomenon is well known and pretty much undisputed in Japan (under the name of "shiofuki" 潮吹き) and in other East Asian cultures. That leads me to think that the Western suspicion is really caused by the Judeo-Christian taboos on sex.
Many Western scientists have rejected the claims of female ejaculation as being urine. Tests have proven that it is nothing of the sort. The liquid is produced by the female prostate, which is much smaller than the male one, and can vary greatly in size from one woman to another (women with too little prostate tissue won't produce any noticeable liquid). It contains prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and antimicrobial chemicals present in semen, such as zinc, but lacks any substantial amount of urea and creatinine found in urine.
The female prostate is located just above the no less controversial (and nevertheless real) G spot. Sexologists have suggested that the G spot is just the name for the best place to stimulate a woman's prostate.
The clitoris is itself a form a tiny penis. This all shows that men and women aren't that different. Some organs are just more developed in one gender, or the other in the case of breasts. But some of the biggest differences reside in the brain. Men and women's brains work differently due to the sensitivity of brain tissues to sex hormones. This is what makes (straight) men and women think and behave differently.