Female ejaculation

Female ejaculation (colloquially known as "squirting" or "gushing") refers to the expulsion of noticeable amounts of fluid from the urethra or vagina by women during sexual stimulation at or near orgasm. The expulsed fluid is reported by some simply to be urine (possibly due to stress incontinence), by others as a clear or milky fluid which emerges (sometimes with force) and has a composition similar to the fluid generated in males by the prostate gland and is generated by Skene's glands, and yet by others as a mixture of these two fluids.

Research

In 2002, Emmanuele Jannini of L'Aquila University in Italy showed one explanation for this phenomenon as well as for the frequent denials of its existence. Skene's gland openings are usually the size of pinholes, and vary in size from one woman to another, to the point where they appear to be missing entirely in some women. If Skene's glands are the cause of female ejaculation, this may explain the observed absence of this phenomenon in many women.

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2002 - Emmanuele Jannini - L'Aquila University - Italy

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Retrograde ejaculation, where the fluid travels up the urethra towards the bladder (observed in 75% of test subjects) could also account for the observed absence.

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Ejaculation in women seems to be aided or caused by stimulation of the area of the vagina known as the Gräfenberg spot (often simply known as the G-spot).

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The content of the ejaculated fluid is either all urine, all ejaculate, or a combination of both.

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Studies of the fluid ejaculated through the urethra have shown a different chemical composition than urine although urine may also be present. Glucose, prostatic acid phosphatase, and prostate specific antigen appear in female ejaculate along with lower levels of urea and creatine than found in urine. In some cases, ejaculate was differentiated from urine by the absence of asparagus smell (after eating asparagus) or a dye.

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Glucose - Prostatic acid phosphatase - Prostate specific antigen - Urea - Creatine - Asparagus - Dye

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