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Is Squirting Real
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The term "squirting" is often used to describe the fluid that comes from the vulva during orgasm. But it's actually much more nuanced.
"Squirting" and "female ejaculation" are often used interchangeably. Controversy exists over whether they're two distinct functions. Experts lean toward the belief that they are. 1
This article looks at how squirting and female ejaculation are different, how squirting happens, what it feels like, and how to do it.
The debate is ongoing over whether squirting can be called ejaculation. Still, studies and experts have recognized some key differences between them. 2 3
Fluid believed to come from the bladder and excreted by the urethra
Can involve the release of a larger volume of fluid (up to 10 tablespoons)
Contains urea, creatinine, and uric acid, similar to diluted urine, sometimes with a small amount of prostatic-specific antigen (PSA)
Fluid believed to come from the Skene’s gland, often referred to as the "female prostate," near the urethra
Tends to be a smaller volume of fluid (up to a tablespoon)
Contains high levels of prostatic acid phosphatase, prostatic specific antigen, glucose, and fructose, but low levels of urea and creatinine (often similar to male ejaculate without the sperm)
Whether everyone with a vagina can squirt and/or ejaculate is up for debate. It's estimated that between 10% and 50% of those with female genitalia do ejaculate.
Some experts believe everyone with female anatomy has the ability to squirt. Others believe it depends on your body. That means some people may not ever be able to do it. 4
Exactly what triggers female ejaculation is still unknown. It's believed to involve clitoral and G-spot stimulation. 5
From the outside, the clitoris looks like a small "nub" covered by a hood of skin. It's at the top of the vulva, above the urethra.
Inside, the clitoris has two "legs." They run down each side of the vulva. That gives it a horseshoe-like shape. Its only known purpose is to provide pleasure.
The G-spot is harder to define. Experts aren't sure if it's an anatomical "part" or simply a sensitive area inside the vagina.
To find the G-spot, you or your partner can insert a finger a few inches into the vagina. Keep the palm up and make a "come here" gesture with the finger. You can also use a sex toy that's meant to stimulate that area.
This is pleasurable for some people. For others, it doesn't feel like anything special.
One study suggests that the G-spot may be the root of the clitoris, felt through the wall of the vagina. 5
Ejaculation is associated with orgasm. That's especially true when it's caused by stimulation of the clitoris and G-spot. But some people ejaculate from stimulation even without orgasm. 2
In short, theories abound. So far, though, no one is sure what causes female ejaculation. Studies are conflicting and inconclusive.
What is known is that it's normal if you ejaculate and it's normal if you don't. Neither is considered better or worse. Not ejaculating doesn't mean the sex was unsatisfactory, either.
It's unknown whether squirting and female ejaculation are the same thing. Studies are inconclusive. Ejaculation may involve stimulation of the clitoris and G-spot. It can happen with or without orgasm. Whether you do or don't ejaculate, you're considered normal.
Squirting and ejaculation feel different from person to person. For some, it feels like an orgasm. Others feel an orgasm from deeper in the body than a clitoral orgasm. It may cause a "bearing down" sensation. 2
You may feel an urge to pee before you ejaculate. That may make you hold back for fear of urinating.
Some describe ejaculation as feeling like urinating. Others don't feel anything when it happens. Most "squirters" find it pleasurable, no matter the exact details.
The fluid from squirting/ejaculating can spread sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Safer sex precautions and practices should be followed.
Squirting and/or ejaculating doesn't mean better sex. You may not be able to do it. But if you'd like to, some tips may help.
First, lay down a towel. Squirting can be messy.
Starting by going solo with masturbation is often a good option. It allows you to explore without feeling pressured or inhibited.
Get "in the mood" in whatever way works for you. That might include lighting candles, dimming the lights, putting on music, and creating a soothing space. It could also involve erotic material. Do whatever gets you in the mindset for sex.
Whether alone or with a partner , foreplay is key. Allow arousal to build over time. Don't try for the big event until you're highly aroused.
Use a finger or G-spot stimulator to find your G-spot. Some sex toys stimulate both the G-spot and clitoris.
During penetrative vaginal sex with a partner, try to find a position that puts pressure on the G-spot. "Doggy style" (entry from behind) often works for this.
Stimulating the clitoris and G-spot at the same time. For partnered sex, have your partner stroke your G-spot with a finger while stimulating your clitoris with their mouth .
The vulva isn't the only part of the body that can elicit a sexual response. Explore other parts of your body, literally from head to toe. See what you enjoy having touched (or kissed or licked).
Don’t get worried if you feel like you have to pee. Ejaculation is different than peeing, but they can feel the same.
Give into the sensation and let it happen. Don't hold back. It may help to pee before sex so you know the urge is to ejaculate, not urinate.
Don't try to force it. Let it happen organically. If it doesn't happen the first time, keep trying. Try different tactics. Take note of what works and what doesn't.
Squirting usually feels pleasant. It may also be similar to the feeling of urinating. Or it might feel like "bearing down." You can try to squirt by relaxing, exploring your body, and not holding back. Don't be discouraged if it doesn't happen right away.
Experts are still working to understand female ejaculation and squirting. So far, it's unclear whether they're the same thing and whether everyone can do both. They can happen with or without orgasm.
You can try to squirt by relaxing, stimulating the G-spot and clitoris, and going with the feeling. It may or may not work. You're considered normal regardless of whether you squirt/ejaculate.
While it can be fun to try, don't feel bad if you can't squirt or ejaculate. It's believed most people with vaginas don't ejaculate. Your ability to squirt has no effect on your ability to have a fulfilling and satisfying sex life.
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" Is This Normal?" is a weekly series that addresses everything you've ever wondered about sexual health and your body. This week: squirting.
There's a lot of conflicting information out there about female ejaculation, or more colloquially, squirting . It is perhaps the greatest mystery of our time. At this point, it's practically mythology (previously compared to urban legends of Loch Ness proportions). Squirting is a myth , they say. Or no — squirting is real, and here's how you can achieve it . Careful though, because it's actually just pee . Actually it's #NotPee . OK, squirting is real and possible, but only if you're a woman who has a prostate gland . All this has been said and more, and oh my god , why are people so easily shook by the idea of female ejaculation?
The big rift in the War On Squirting lies between questionable scientific research and the personal experiences of women. Research teams will seemingly have made up their minds about squirting, and then women on the Internet clap back, angered by the fact that scientists say something they swear they've experienced can't possibly be real. You'd be frustrated, too, if a bunch of (mostly male) scientists were trying to tell you the immense pleasure you feel sometimes is total bullshit.
To help clear things up, Cosmopolitan.com spoke with Carol Queen , staff sexologist and researcher at Good Vibrations, a feminist adult toy shop and education center in San Francisco, to shine some much-needed light on the highly controversial phenomenon of squirting.
A thing that almost always comes up (heeheehee) when discussing squirting is the Skene's gland. No one knows for sure where this mystery vagina fluid comes from, but that's the most likely and common answer to the question of squirting. The Skene's glands are located on the upper wall of the vagina, near the lower end of the urethra (which could explain why some researchers say squirting is actually just peeing ). They look like teensy tiny holes in the labia minora (LOL, MORE HOLES) and to make things even more confusing, possibly some women don't have them??! But again, no one knows because the research is minimal.
Skene's glands have "a highly variable anatomy, and in some extreme cases they appear to be missing entirely," according to University of Aquila, Italy research cited by Jezebel . "If Skene's glands are the cause of female ejaculation and G-spot orgasms, this may explain the observed absence of these phenomena in many women."
These glands are sometimes called the " female prostate " because they're homologous with the prostate gland in men — which, ICYMI, is where semen comes from. Queen told me they're thought to be part of the prostata femina, or glandular tissues around the urethra that are basically the female prostate. "We call the sexes opposite in our culture, but they are not opposite," Queen said. "They are so fundamentally similar. Everything's got a homologue to everything else in the genital area." So with all this similarity between men and women, it would make sense for women to have something like a prostate that produces a sort of female ejaculate. Maybe it could be called shemen? Just spitballing. But there's other research (or mainly one very controversial study) that would have us believe otherwise.
A little more than a year ago, the first major study that specifically looked into squirting was published by a research team in France. The media had a heyday, mostly because (1) it looked like there might finally be an answer to the incessant IS SQUIRTING REAL? question, and (2) the research team basically said the stuff that comes out when a female squirts is ... urine.
The research team had seven women (with recently emptied bladders) arouse themselves, and then undergo an ultrasound that showed their bladders had refilled after arousal. Upon squirting orgasm, their bladders were all emptied. And the liquid that was ejaculated had a very similar makeup to that of pee.
So amidst all this new, pee-centric research, some people wondered if female ejaculation was actually just urinary incontinence — a pretty common condition that affects about 47 percent of women between the ages of 20 and 49. Prevalence of squirting is a bit harder to figure out. Three studies (all from the '80s and early '90s) say 40 percent of women, or 55 percent of women, or 54 percent of women experience squirting orgasms. (See why this is all so hard to suss out?) Those numbers aren't super far off, though, from the prevalence of urinary incontinence in women. But still, you can't ignore the IRL experience of women who've had squiring orgasms and swear the stuff (based on smell and taste tests) is not pee.
Also, the pee study is problematic because it had the tiniest of sample sizes. Seven (SEVEN) women participated, and it seems a little unfair (nay, unscientific) to call something that seven individual women experienced a universal truth. The research launched a full-scale Twitter revolt, with women who've experienced their own squirting orgasms defending their most pleasurable moments with posts including the hashtag #NotPee .
Sex blogger Kayla Lords wrote extensively about squirting, dismayed that researchers were trying to tell her that her ejaculate was no more than urine.
But would science lie? Probably not on purpose — but for sure there's something suspect about research with such a small sample. As Queen explained, the research surrounding squirting (and a lot of other female-specific issues) is inconclusive because it's so poorly funded. The only capitalist structure with a stake in this game is the sex toy industry, and they don't exactly need scientific backing to sell toys that swear they'll make you squirt.
Basically we need much more (and much better) research to have a real scientific answer. But science isn't necessary to back up the very real pleasure people who experience squirting say they feel. "The thing to come down on is that we don't all respond sexually the same way," Queen said. "Put a towel down and enjoy it, feel good about your body and your orgasmic response."
Considering that basically half of all sex-having women have experienced a squirting orgasm, there's nothing abnormal about squirting — even if it makes an awkward wet spot someone has to sleep in. My hat is off to any woman who can achieve such incredible pleasure. Be wary of people or blogs or whatever that warn, with shameful undertones, that female ejaculate is just urine — so what if it is? Sex is messy. "Some people might consider [squirting] inconvenient and messy, but it's also something that — if you body does it as part of its sexual response — you want to honor that," Queen said. Relax and let your orgasm fly. As long as it's fun and feels good, it's all totally fine and normal.
And if your partner says otherwise and is grossed out by your orgasmic miracle, LOL, dump them. Nothing about squirting is dirty or wrong — even if there is, like, maybe a tiny bit of urine in there. Consider the fact that semen travels the same path out of the penis as pee, and you don't see men apologizing for coming all over the place.
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