Researchers can’t find the G-spot
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For decades, women and men alike have puzzled over its secrets. They’ve hunted for it, bought books on it, created special equipment designed to stimulate it, and gone to therapy because of it. But now, a new study involving 1,800 women concludes that the G-spot is a myth.
Unlike the clitoris, the illusive region of a woman’s vagina where the magical G-spot is rumored to dwell could not be pinpointed in twin studies. Indeed, no one seems to be able to agree on what physical attributes a Gräfenberg Spot (which is named after a German gynecologist of the same last name) even has.
One wonders whether the potential of dispelling the existence of the G-spot will mean anything for the thousands of women who say they achieve orgasm because of it, a kind of reverse placebo effect (or maybe faith healing is a better analogy).
Coincidentally, I’ve been reading “Bonk,” Mary Roach’s enjoyable and informative book on sex studies. Roach makes clear that, for all we know about human physiology, we still don’t understand much about the whys and wherefores of female orgasm.
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Who cares, as long as you’re having fun? The relentless emphasis on quantifying women’s sexuality is a little weird.
Caitlin,
On the other hand, given the elusiveness of female orgasm for so many women, I think a search for a G-spot solution is perfectly understandable.
David, So results of this study are that a group of scientists couldn’t locate the G-spot on 1800 women… scientists? Does the study say how many had difficulty locating the vagina?