British Scientists: G Spot? No Such Thing
A study of 1800 British women by scientists at King’s College, London, has not found the existence of the cluster of internal nerve endings called the G-spot.
In the research, 1,804 British women aged 23 - 83, all of whom are twins, answered questionnaires. Identical twins share all their genes, while non-identical pairs share 50% of theirs. If one identical twin reported having a G-spot, this would make it far more likely that her sister would give the same answer. But no such pattern emerged, suggesting the G-spot is a matter of the woman’s subjective opinion. While 56% of women overall claimed to have a G-spot, they tended to be younger and more sexually active. Identical twins were no more likely to share the characteristic than non-identical twins.
Andrea Burri, who led the research, said she was anxious to remove feelings of “inadequacy or underachievement” that might affect women who feared they lacked a G-spot. “It is rather irresponsible to claim the existence of an entity that has never really been proven and pressurise women — and men, too,” she said.
Beverly Whipple, emeritus professor at Rutgers University, New Jersey, helped to popularise the G-spot, named after Ernst Gräfenberg, a German scientist who claimed to have discovered the elusive erogenous zone in 1950. Whipple found G-spots in a study of 400 women and has written a number of books on the phenomenon including the famous 'The G Spot and Other Recent Discoveries about Human Sexuality'. Whipple dismissed the findings of the British study as “flawed”, saying the researchers had discounted the experiences of lesbian or bisexual women and failed to consider the effects of different sexual technique. “The biggest problem with their findings is that twins don’t generally have the same sexual partner,” said Whipple.
In 2008, Emmanuele Jannini at the University of L’Aquila used the ultrasound to measure the size and shape of the tissue beyond the “front” wall of the vagina of 20 women and results suggested that the G spot did exist. In the nine women who reported being able to achieve vaginal orgasm, the tissues between the vagina and the urethra - which carries urine out of the body - were on average thicker than in the 11 women who could not reach orgasm this way.
Delvin and Webber admitted that most standard gynaecological textbooks make no mention of the G-spot at all; that anatomy manuals used by medical students and postgraduates do not show such a structure; no gynae surgeon has seen a G-spot during an operation; and no anatomist has yet found one while dissecting a human body. Yet they were quick to emphasize that these do not erase the evidence from women’s personal experiences of sex that there is a particular area, located very close to the front wall of the vagina, which seems to give some females a remarkable amount of pleasure. They acknowledged that there are women who claim that stimulation of this area helps them to reach orgasm – and sometimes an orgasm of an unusual kind.
Meanwhile, David Matlock, a Beverly Hills cosmetic surgeon, is credited with creating an artificial version of the G-spot. In some cases this has resulted in an over-sensitive zone which induces orgasms when, for example, women drive over bumps in the road. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, which is publishing Burri’s and Spector’s work this week, is planning a debate, with publication of research from the pro and anti G-spot camps. The controversy about the G-spot carries on.
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G-SPOT LETS GET SERIOUS...
The g-spot theory is a thing made up in the 60s. As we all recall.
First of all made public by a very special book of a than know author.
THE SCIENTIFIC TRUTH WAS NOT REALLY LOOKED FOR BACK THAN.
The revolution took place and changed the nation,
even more shocking the face of the planet.
TO BE HONEST: NOT REALLY FOR GOOD. (details if you like)
Satisfying SEX and PLEASURE does have a female and a male dimension.
DIVERSITY is what creates a healthy climate of growth spiritually and mentally as well as physically.
THE X-industrie made a male concept to make mega LUST BASED bucks.
COCK-WORSHIP equals G-POINT-FIXATION limits realtionship quality to THE MAX.
Look how much damage done to move a healthy nation to a really sick and DIE-ING one.
One ought to ask which where those SOCIETY DESIGNERS truly behind this concept,
and others related. YOU OUGHT to even ask if there are still CIA - NWO based secrets,
kept in your governments deepest places.
G Spot and Men's G-Spot
Interesting article that simply indicates for me that more research is needed. I have heard from many women that they have a "G Spot" and men report the same for themselves who have a prostate glan. So, perhaps the a dual study is worth pursuing about women as well as men. Too many women report vaginal, clitoral, and full body orgasms to deny that women can be orgasmically excited as well as men. Yes, I believe there is an emotional as well as neurological connection in having orgasms, but sensorily I hold that women as well as men have physical, anatomical 'sites' that arouse orgasmic sensations. I'd like to pusue this conversation with anyone else who is interested. Thanks for posting this article.
Ken in Oakland, CA
King's College proving frigidity is very British?
Okay, so a "team" of student researchers who wanted to remove their own inadequacy fears asked for subjective evaluations by twins who had different lovers. They did not prove G-spot does not exist, they proved that half the women had lousy, unattentive, lovers. G-spot orgasms occur when the area (which has slightly different placement in each woman) is touched properly, unless a woman is real flexible she is reliant on her lover not being too selfish to give it a good rub. Medical evidence was not even included in the "research" though it is mentioned in this article. This was not research, it's just manipulating the test subjects to prove that Andrea is not the only frigid woman in Great Britain.
comment blocking?
I wrote a response but because it contained words from the article that reference the research subject it was flagged as "spam or inappropriate language" so removed without posting. Seriously, I copied the words straight from the article. Makes no sense that the very same clinical words used in articles cannot be repeated in the comments.
Sorry about that
The spam filter is not word based, it learns from a lot of factors. When a comment is blocked it's held for a human to review because we know the filter is falible. I've unblocked your comments, sorry for the inconvenience.
It's about faith...
What is really more important....women who have yet to experience an internal orgasm feeling better about themselves...or women who have had such pleasures being told they're making it up?
What it comes down to, in my multi-orgasmic opinion, is that people invest themselves in figuring out what leads to good time for them and how that "time" is achieved is honored by themselves and their partners. I have faith that what I feel isn't just valid and true but that it is magical. I don't need a doctor, a research assistant, or a journalist to reinforce what my body tells me every day.
Studies like this, and the ensuing broubaha, only encourage people(and far too often specifically people with vaginas)to doubt the wisdom of their own bodies. For every leap forward there is some, clearly flawed but scientifically empowered study that attempts to drag us back.
For every woman, and lover of women reading this, please don't give up on your own body. Read some books on self pleasure that emphasis the whole body's erotic potential, try out some new toys for inside and out and do your own hands on research study.
Carnal Nation has some great recommendations for books and toys but I'm happy to add my own if you'd like more.
Twin minds
Do twins have the same minds?
Opinion
Personally, I would disagree with their findings. As it is with any neurons, nerve endings within the vagina would tend to be more developed with women who enjoyed or otherwise had coital sex often. I would assume the same would be true for women who enjoy clitoral stimulation most, that there would be more nerve endings within the clitoris because it's a heavily stimulated area.
Think of a person's hands. If they are less often stimulated than another person's hands, the person with more stimulus will have much more feeling, which also includes blood flow, to that area.
I would say 'G-spot' versus clitoral orgasm is a matter of personal preference for this reason, a person's lifestyle or what they've been exposed to would become, neurologically, what stimulates them most. The brain is a good example. When you learn, new neural pathways are created, and strengthen previous connections. I think this preference might work in the same manner, with repeated experience comes new growth in the area, and it might possibly be psychosomatic (ex. Love) as well. If someone finds a stimulus to be sexually arousing once, they're more likely to find it so again.
That, and they apparently discounted evidence from lesbian sources. I think that's ridiculous, as if they're saying lesbians have different equipment than straight women. It's not only scientifically silly, but I'd also think that'd be offensive.