Female Ejaculation and the G-Spot (3 page)

In sexual surveys, 35–50% of women report that they have at some time experienced the gushing of fluid during orgasm.
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Other studies find anywhere from 10–69%, depending on the definitions and methods used.
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For instance Kratochvíl (1994) surveyed 200 women and found that 6% reported ejaculating, an additional 13% had some experience and about 60% reported release of fluid without actual gushing.
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Reports on the volume of fluid expelled vary considerably
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from amounts that would be imperceptible to a woman, to mean values of 1–5 ml,
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although much higher volumes have been reported.

The suggestion that women can eject fluid from their genital area as part of
sexual arousal
has been described as "one of the most hotly debated questions in modern sexology".
dubious
–
discuss
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Female ejaculation has been discussed in anatomical, medical, and biological literature throughout recorded history.

Ancient world

Middle-Eastern accounts

There are innuendos alluding to female ejaculation in books
specify
of the bible. Biblical scholars attest to the fact that there are erotic references to lovemaking techniques in the bible, and that includes female arousal, orgasm and ejaculation.
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One example is the
Song of Solomon
, in which three verses might be understood as references to female ejaculation (4:11-12, 4:14-15, 5:1), although they may also be taken to imply her virginity and the male's intention to impregnate her and bring her to childbirth
citation
needed
. One of these reads:

A garden enclosed is my beloved, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain ready to burst.

—
(Song of Solomon 4:12)

Eastern accounts

More possible references to female ejaculation also exist later in Indian erotic texts, such as the
Kama Sutra
of Vatsyayana
(Bechtel 1996) and the sixteenth century
Ananga-Ranga
.
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Many Indian temples including
Khajuraho
(Madhya Pradesh),
Konark Sun Temple
(Orissa) and
Vijayanagara
temples (Karnataka) have carved images depicting female ejaculation. The
Kama Sutra
states (II,1: 186) that
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The
semen
of women continues to fall from the beginning of the sexual union to the end, in the same way as that of the male

Chinese sex handbooks, such as
Secret Methods of the Plain Girl
by
Su Nu Ching
(
Sui Dynasty
590–618 AD), also describe ejaculation "Copious emissions from her inner heart begin to exude outward".
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Greek and Roman accounts