New Findings About Some Women's Release of Fluid on Orgasm

"Reports of women releasing fluid on orgasm date back 2,000 years. Western physicians largely ignored the phenomenon until the 1970s, when it became quite controversial. Western sexologists first took this issue seriously in 1982, when eminent sex researchers coauthored a bestselling book, The G Spot and Other Recent Discoveries About Human Sexuality."

"Scottish gynecologist Alexander Skene discovered the glands in 1880. He called them the female prostate and noted that they produce fluid, which he called analogous to prostate fluid. Doctors ignored him. A century later, Skene's opinion was validated when fluid from his namesake glands was shown to contain prostate-specific antigen (PSA), which is produced only by prostate tissue."

"Some women enjoy releasing fluid on orgasm. Others feel mortified that they've wet the bed. And some women who don't release fluid worry that they're abnormal. Some partners of squirters feel fine about it. Others fret. And some partners of non-squirting women wonder why they don't. This issue may cause considerable anxiety."

Female fluid release during orgasm has been documented for 2,000 years but remained controversial in Western medicine until the 1970s. The 1982 publication of 'The G Spot and Other Recent Discoveries About Human Sexuality' brought scientific attention to the phenomenon, attributing fluid release to stimulation of the G-spot and production by Skene's glands, which contain prostate-specific antigen. However, prominent sex researchers Masters and Johnson disputed this, claiming any fluid was merely vaginal lubrication. This controversy created anxiety among women and their partners regarding whether fluid release was normal. Contemporary research now confirms that both fluid release and its absence during orgasm are normal physiological responses, alleviating concerns about abnormality.

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