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Published in: Current Sexual Health Reports 2/2015

01-06-2015 | Current Controversies (P Kleinplatz and C Moser, Section Editors)

Female Ejaculation, G Spot, A Spot, and Should We Be Looking for Spots?

Author: Beverly Whipple

Published in: Current Sexual Health Reports | Issue 2/2015

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Abstract

This review considers research concerning the phenomenon of female ejaculation, the G spot, and the A spot. These topics have been the object of controversy in recent decades. Female ejaculation has been written about for more than 2000 years. The area of the Grafenberg or G spot was named by Drs. John Perry and Beverly Whipple in the early 1980s in honor of Dr. Ernst Grafenberg, and the A spot was identified by Dr. Chua Chee Ann in 1997. The goal of this author’s research program has been to validate, in a laboratory setting, women’s reports of pleasurable sensual and sexual experiences, not to create new goals, new spots, or controversy.
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Metadata
Title
Female Ejaculation, G Spot, A Spot, and Should We Be Looking for Spots?
Author
Beverly Whipple
Publication date
01-06-2015
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Current Sexual Health Reports / Issue 2/2015
Print ISSN: 1548-3584
Electronic ISSN: 1548-3592
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11930-015-0041-2

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