Sunday, 27 March 2011

So What Do We Know About The G-Spot Orgasm?

You would think in this day and age, with female and sexual liberation, that all of us know about, and experience, the G-Spot orgasm.  Despite this, the sad fact is,  most women never have.  We know about, it, we have heard about it, but so many of us are just not sure what it means and how to achieve it. 

Ancient culture knew what we, in the Western World, have only just 'discovered'.  Writings as early as 4th Century B.C.E. referred to women's 'white and red fluid'.  Yet somehow along the way this information got lost and it was widely believed that women could only have a cliteral orgasm, a myth reinforced by the research of Masters & Johnson.  The myth grew, and many women have lived with the belief that their clitoris was there only source of real sexual pleasure.  However, there are some lucky women, who are given the natural ability to know better than the rest of us!

 In, 1950, Berlin gynecologist Ernst Grafenberg discussed the G-spot area.  Grafenberg reported that some women had a spot on the inside of the front wall of the vagina which, when firmly stimulated produced intense orgasms and in some women ejaculation of something thicker and slicker than urine during the strongest contractions of their orgasms.

After Grafenberg's discovery, no further research was done until Perry and Whipple's 1978 documentation and extensive study which confirmed the article of Dr. Grafenberg. Most sexologist now believe every woman has a G-spot but it may simply be unresponsive from lack of stimulation. It can be made to learn to be responsive, however, by proper stimulation.

So why were Doctors unaware of its existence prior to Grafenbergs discovery?  Beverly Whipple gives us two reasons: "First, because it's on the anterior (front) wall of the vagina, which is an area that's not palpated, and second, when it is palpated you get a sexual response and doctors are trained not to stimulate their patients sexually. But the gynecologists who palpated it with our direction all found it and said 'My goodness! It's there! You're right!' "

In addition to the lack of knowledge, there is the social stigma surrounding women and sex.  Firstly, some (not all) women who experience the G-spot orgasm also experience what we call ' the gusher orgasm'.  Again the lack of knowledge around this phenomenon caused those women who experienced this, to feel shame and guilt. 

So what is the 'gusher orgasm'?  Technically, it is female ejeculation.  The G-spot need not be stimulated for ejaculation to occur, but most women say that their first ejaculation experience came from massaging their G-spot.  It is estimated that only 10 to 40 percent of when who experience the the G-spot orgasm, experience the gusher orgasm, with some women experiencing it just once in a lifetime. (But don't panic if you are one of those who doesn't.  The feeling is all the same!). The amount of fluid ejaculated varies hugely between women.  According to Bevery Whipple it can vary from small amounts to approximately half a cup of coffee (whatever that means!).  Some sources claim it is up to 2 litres, although this is hard to fathom, after all, where would it be stored?  Some feedback would be interesting here, from any women who have experienced huge fluid ejaculaton!

Next post will go into this in further detail.  Don't worry, we will get to the really good stuff soon!

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