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A sexual quest that has for years baffled millions of women — and men — may
have been in vain. A study by British scientists has found that the
mysterious G-spot, the sexual pleasure zone said to be possessed by some
women but denied to others, may not exist at all.
The scientists at King’s College London who carried out the study claim there
is no evidence for the existence of the G-spot — supposedly a cluster of
internal nerve endings — outside the imagination of women influenced by
magazines and sex therapists. They reached their conclusions after a survey
of more than 1,800 British women.
“Women may argue that having a G-spot is due to diet or exercise, but in fact
it is virtually impossible to find real traits,” said Tim Spector, professor
of genetic epidemiology, who co-authored the research. “This is by far the
biggest study ever carried out and it shows fairly conclusively that the
idea of a G-spot is subjective.”
In the research, 1,804 British women aged 23-83 answered questionnaires. All
were pairs of identical or non-identical twins. Identical twins share all
their genes, while non-identical pairs share 50% of theirs. If one identical
twin reported having a G-spot, this would make it far more likely that her
sister would give the same answer. But no such pattern emerged, suggesting
the G-spot is a matter of the woman’s subjective opinion.
While 56% of women overall claimed to have a G-spot, they tended to be younger
and more sexually active. Identical twins were no more likely to share the
characteristic than non-identical twins.
Andrea Burri, who led the research, said she was anxious to remove feelings of
“inadequacy or underachievement” that might affect women who feared they
lacked a G-spot.
“It is rather irresponsible to claim the existence of an entity that has never
really been proven and pressurise women — and men, too,” she
said.
Most conventional doctors have always doubted that G-spots exist. “I think
this study proves the difference between popular science and biological or
anatomical science,” said Gedis Grudzinskas, consultant gynaecologist at
London Bridge hospital.
Beverly Whipple, emeritus professor at Rutgers University, New Jersey, helped
to popularise the G-spot, named after Ernst Gräfenberg, a German scientist
who claimed to have discovered the elusive erogenous zone in 1950.
Whipple found G-spots in a study of 400 women and has written a number of
books on the phenomenon.
This weekend she dismissed the findings of the British study as “flawed”,
saying the researchers had discounted the experiences of lesbian or bisexual
women and failed to consider the effects of different sexual technique.
“The biggest problem with their findings is that twins don’t generally have
the same sexual partner,” said Whipple.
The quest for the G-spot will not be abandoned. The Journal of Sexual
Medicine, which is publishing Burri’s and Spector’s work this week, is
planning a debate, with publication of research from the pro and anti G-spot
camps.
Meanwhile, David Matlock, a Beverly Hills cosmetic surgeon, is credited with
creating an artificial version of the G-spot. In some cases this has
resulted in an over-sensitive zone which induces orgasms when, for example,
women drive over bumps in the road.
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