In my hunt for a topic for this week’s blog, I initially thought I might write about this year’s most frequent sex questions (apparently, they change every year). So I sent the article to my email and was getting ready to share the updates when one of the questions caught my eye—not because the question was a surprise, but within the answer was a surprising piece of information. Of course, I suspect that many men have a hard time finding the G-spot (certainly not too many lesbians), but the article noted that it’s still a controversy whether the G-spot actually exists. Really? So, of course, I had to do some research on this, and here’s what I learned:

We first heard the term ‘G-spot’ in 1950 from a German gynecologist named Ernst Gräfenberg, who described a sensitive area on the anterior vaginal wall linked to the urethra and its surrounding tissues (near the bladder neck).
Sexologists Beverly Whipple and John D. Perry popularized the term in 1981 in their book, educating everyone about how the ‘G-spot could enhance pleasure for some women. They didn’t claim that it was some kind of ‘magic button,’ but more of an erogenous zone of heightened sensitivity.
In 2001, the debate over the G-spot’s existence started when Thomas Hines, an American academic, researcher, and Professor of Psychology at Pace University (hardly a well-known university), questioned the existence, calling it a “modern gynecologic myth.” Um…dude, you’re not even a gynecologist so how the hell do you know?
In 2021, researchers conducted a condensed review of 31 studies (6 surveys, 5 clinical, 1 neurophysiological, 9 imaging, 8 histological/anatomical, and 2 combined clinical and histological) on the existence of the G-spot, concluding that, “The different studies did systematically agree on the existence of the G-spot. Among the studies in which it was considered to exist, there was no agreement on its location, size, or nature. The existence of this structure remains unproved.” Only two studies did not find a G-spot in any woman.
In 2022, researchers doing yet another review proposed reclassifying Skene’s glands as the female prostate, arguing that sensations attributed to the G-spot may stem from the stimulation of these glands and surrounding tissues. Their findings concluded that, “Histological and immunohistochemical studies of the glandular tissue surrounding the urethra support the existence of prostate in women.”

Perhaps I should conduct a study and ask a bunch of lesbians two questions: 1) Have you found your own G-spot? 2) Have you found your partner’s G-spot? I’m guessing that a higher percentage will say yes to both. Now, along with the G-spot, I know I’ve included in at least one of my books, mention of the A-spot, another area to stimulate that isn’t talked about enough, and I wrote a blog about all of the lesser-known spots. So, make sure you check out Pleasure Workers for the A-spot mention, and that older blog: https://annettemoriauthor.com/2021/05/21/lets-talk-orgasms/ Of course, I am always happy when folks check out any of my books, so feel free to click the links below.