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.

The nature of female ejaculation

Currently, the nature of female ejaculation is still quite unclear. From a scientific point of view, there are only a few articles in medical journals dealing with this topic. Almost all of these articles do not give any serious data about the origin or composition of the fluid expelled. Even worse, the few data available are inconsistent. Without any doubt there is a loss of fluid during sexual stimulation or orgasm in some women.

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In many personal accounts, it has been attested that the ejaculate is ejected from somewhere within the vagina, not the urethra. In other cases it seems accidental urination has been mistaken for authentic female ejaculation. It has also been suggested that one of the components of the ejaculate may be glucose, which gives it a slightly sweet taste. Because of the wide variety of personal accounts it is difficult to pare away to the definitive answer, even if the answer may be utterly clear for those who feel they have experienced or witnessed it.

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The glands surrounding the female urethra are variously known as the paraurethral glands, periurethral glands, Skene's glands, "female prostate", or urethral sponge, and are the spongy tissue associated with the Gräfenberg spot. The term Skene's glands originally referred to only two of these glands which had openings visible at the mouth of the urethra and the others were designated paraurethral glands although the two terms are often used imprecisely to refer to all of the glands.

Related Topics:
Paraurethral glands - Periurethral gland - Skene's gland - Urethral sponge - Gräfenberg spot

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In addition to fluid from the paraurethral glands and urine from the bladder, fluid could be expelled from the vagina due to a sudden reduction in size due to muscle contractions.

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In early fetal development, all fetuses are physically female and contain rudimentary organs that, under the influence of molecular signals such as testosterone and estrogen, develop into male or female sexual organs. There are structures and organs in each gender which are analogous to each other. Males and females both have nipples which share similar roles in sexual arousal, though the female?s also perform a function in childrearing. The origin of the tissue of the clitoris is exactly the same as in the penis and becomes swollen with blood and erect during arousal, eventually reaching orgasm. Females also have a structure analagous to the male's prostate gland. The prostate is a doughnut-shaped cluster of glands which encircle the base of the urethra and produce most of the content in seminal fluid. In females, this is called the urethral sponge, and serves the same function in regards to female ejaculation. It encircles the urethra and contains up to 30 glands that swell with rising sexual excitement. The fluid that is created during sexual arousal in these glands is an alkaline liquid similar to prostatic fluid (in men). It is this fluid that makes up female ejaculate.

Related Topics:
Testosterone - Estrogen - Sexual organs - Nipple - Prostate gland - Urethra - Seminal fluid

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