Why Do Women Squirt

Why Do Women Squirt

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The "G-Spot" is most easily accessed by having your partner use the "come hither" motion, or a "windshield wiper" (back and forth motion) with their finger against the front inside wall of the vagina. They feel that area has a different texture, almost spongy feeling.
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What does it mean when she squirts?
If you think the highest form of compliment in the boudoir is a woman having an orgasm for you , let me be the one to tell you there’s one accolade even greater: Squirting. It only happens when you do something very, very right.
Squirting, more scientifically known as female ejaculation, is the “expulsion of liquid from the genito-urinary tract in women during sexual activity,” and more often than not, it happens during orgasm .
But surely you’ve heard the rumor that when women squirt, they actually just pee a little, right? Yeah…it’s basically the enigma of the century at this point, and nobody knows if squirt is pee, or if it’s something entirely its own.
Knowing the debate over squirt is very real, Woodrocket took the opportunity to ask some of your favorite porn stars to weigh in on what they think squirting is , because who would know better than them?
“Squirt tastes like sugar water,” says porn star Jenna J. Ross, adamant that there’s a solid difference between the two. “There’s a very distinctive flavor profile difference between urine and squirt.”
Trinity St. Clair, however, begs to differ. “Squirt is pee! That is too much liquid for your body. No, no. Squirt is pee,” she declares.
So…what’s the truth about squirting? What is it, really? Is it an unintentional golden shower, or is it something else? Since we couldn’t get a definite answer from porn stars, let’s turn our attention to science, because scientific research tends to resolve everything.
For the study , researchers recruited seven women who reported “massive fluid emission during sexual stimulation,” and gave them a series of three ultrasounds. First, the women were asked to use the bathroom to see how their bladders looked when totally empty, and then, they were asked to get themselves super aroused, and once they were, another ultrasound showed that their bladders had filled back up.
Lastly, the participants were asked to orgasm, and one last ultrasound revealed that their bladders were empty once again, proving squirt is basically piss.
However, the researchers analyzed the squirt, and found that there were small amounts of “prostatic secretions,” meaning squirting is a killer combo of pee and other non-urine fluids. “Our results lead us to conclude that squirting and the so-called ‘female ejaculation’ essentially are two distinct events,” the authors conclude.
Furthermore, according to Dr. Zhana Vrangalova, a NYC-based sex researcher and professor at NYU, there seem to be two types of female ejaculation: The first is a small amount of white, milky fluid that comes from the Skene’s glands, a.k.a. the female equivalent of the prostate. But interestingly, it’s believed that only about half of women have these glands, so not all women can have this type of female ejaculation.
The second kind of squirting is the gushing type that you see in porn, and it’s usually a clear and odorless fluid that comes from and passes through the bladder, essentially meaning we can call it pee.
Now, if you’re super grossed out that by the fact that some female ejaculate is technically pee and you and never want to make a woman squirt ever again, let me ease your mind by informing you that it’s super diluted, and not a huge deal in the gran scheme of things.“It’s not like you’re peeing on somebody—it’s very diluted urine,” says Dr. Debby Herbenick , a researcher at Indiana University.
Besides, did you know that your cum has pee in it too? Yup . “In both cases, the fluid comes through the urethra—only in women, it rests briefly in the bladder first,” Herbenick says. “In the end, we all just have to become comfortable with the fact that sex involves the genitals and the genitals are down there. It’s a big, messy thing—but it’s worth it!”
So there you have it. Squirt is sometimes pee, sometimes not. Case closed.

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Ashley Mateo has over a decade's worth of experience covering fitness, health, travel, and more for publications including the WSJ, Men's Journal, Women's Health, and more.

Female ejaculation has something of a mythical reputation when it comes to sexual health topics. Everyone has questions: Can a vagina actually ejaculate like a penis? If it can, is that even normal? And what comes out, anyway? To get answers, we reached out to sex experts, who separated the myths from the facts.

Put simply, "vaginal ejaculation is the expulsion of fluid through the urethra during sexual arousal (but not necessarily orgasm)," New York–based sex educator Corinne Kai tells Health .

Does that mean vaginas can ejaculate? Well, that is why the phenomenon is colloquially known as squirting. But "what women define as 'ejaculation' varies widely, and there is no accepted scientific standard for qualifying as female ejaculation by the volume or speed of the expulsion," Nicole Prause, PhD, a sex researcher at UCLA, tells Health .

So while one person might experience more of a forceful stream of liquid, another might feel a gushing sensation. "The fluid amount tends to range between 30 and 150 milliliters," says Kai, which can be just a drop of liquid or so much that you soak your bedsheets. "Sometimes people don't even realize they ejaculated until they move and see a wet spot, while others can feel when it's happening," she adds. "It depends on your body."

The first major study that looked into squirting back in 2014 determined the liquid was actually pee. Yep, "the fluid comes from the bladder," says Prause. Researchers found urea, creatinine, and uric acid concentrations—all major components of urine—in the excretions of all seven study participants. (Keep in mind that's a tiny sample size, and it's hardly considered representative of half the world's population).

But the ejaculate is also not pee. "Many have argued that squirting isn't real and that people who experience this just need to go to the bathroom before sex," says Kai. "It is released through your urethra, but it's been found to resemble enzymes found in male prostate fluid. " The male prostate gland sits between the bladder and penis and secretes fluid to help nourish sperm.

While the liquid may contain small amounts of urine, additional research suggests that the milky white fluid comes from the Skene's glands, which are "tucked inside the wall of your vagina near the urethra sponge, right at the G-spot," says Kai. "The location explains why sensations along this erogenous zone have been associated with vaginal ejaculation."

Male ejaculate delivers sperm to the female reproductive system, and procreation depends on it. But scientists aren't quite sure of the purpose of the Skene's glands, which are also known as the female prostate. Nor do they understand the reason women ejaculate.

"There have been many studies done about whether or not vaginal ejaculation is related to the menstrual cycle or pregnancy, but none have been proven," says Kai. "However, some researchers have found that vaginal ejaculation could provide a secretion that could protect against UTIs or even contain antimicrobial components like zinc."

If you believe the multitude of squirting videos that exist on porn websites, it certainly seems so. "I suspect that 'female ejaculation' is portrayed as a way to suggest that the female performers are actually turned on," says Prause. Thanks to their availability on porn sites, female ejaculation has become somewhat of a novelty—and also something many women think they should be able to do.

Yet only 10 to 50 percent of women experience "involuntary ejaculation," according to the International Society for Sexual Medicine. Because "we don't know how this expulsion is triggered, it's impossible to know at this time whether some women may be more or less prone to experience it," says Prause.

So despite what porn would have you believe, not every person with a vagina can or will experience ejaculation. "Sex researchers [believe] that G-spot stimulation increases the probability of being able to experience ejaculation, and sex coaches have said that it can be learned," says Kai. "It's likely that the sensation before vaginal ejaculation holds people back from releasing their muscles and allowing it to happen. It can feel like you have to pee right before vaginal ejaculation, which is linked to a lot of shame or embarrassment in people not wanting to pee on their partners."

If you have never ejaculated but want to give it a try, it certainly can't hurt. At the very least, you'll get a lot of pleasure out all the G-spot stimulation, and if you are able to ejaculate, it might be a turn-on for you (or your partner). But as novel as the idea of squirting may seem, remember this: No research has linked female ejaculation to better sex. Your pleasure in bed definitely doesn't depend on your ability to ejaculate or not.

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