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Female ejaculationFemale ejaculation refers to the expulsion of noticeable amounts of fluid from the urethra by women during orgasm. The largest component of this fluid is said to be generated by Skene's glands. The fluid is said by many simply to be urine (due to stress incontinence), but others report a clear or milky fluid which emerges (sometimes with force) and has a composition similar to the fluid generated in males by the prostate gland. Female ejaculation in post-operative transsexual women has also been reported. The source of this fluid would most likely be the remnants of the prostate gland, which is not removed during vaginoplasty. Some studies on the subject, such as that of Gary Schubach , have been criticized for their researchers' lack of medical credentials. The subject has been studied clinically since at least the 1950s and in 1981 female ejaculation was determined to be present in at least one female by Addiego et al. In 2002, Emmanuele Jannini of L'Aquila University in Italy showed one explanation for this phenomenon as well as for the frequent denials of its existence. Skene's gland openings are usually the size of pinholes, and vary in size from one woman to another, to the point where they appear to be missing entirely in some women. If Skene's glands are the cause of female ejaculation, this may explain the observed absence of this phenomenon in many women. Retrograde ejaculation, where the fluid travels up the urethra towards the bladder (observed in 75% of test subjects) could also account for the observed absence. Ejaculation in women seems to be aided or caused by stimulation of the area of the vagina known as the Gräfenberg spot (G-spot). The content of the ejaculated fluid is either all urine, all ejaculate, or a combination of both. Studies of the fluid ejaculated through the urethra have shown a different chemical composition than urine although urine may also be present. Glucose, prostatic acid phosphatase , and Prostate Specific Antigen appear in female ejaculate along with lower levels of urea and creatine than found in urine. In some cases, ejaculate was differentiated from urine by the absence of asparagus smell (after eating asparagus) or a dye. The glands surrounding the female urethra are variously known as the Peraurethral Glands, Periurethral Glands, Skene's Glands, Female Prostate, or Urethral Sponge and are the spongy tissue associated with the Gräfenberg spot. Skene's Glands originally referred to only two of these glands which had openings visible at the mouth of the urethra and the others were designated Peraurethral Glands although the two terms are often used imprecisely to refer to all of the glands. In addition to fluid from the Peraurethral Glands and urine from the bladder, fluid could be expelled from the vagina due to a sudden reduction in size due to muscle contractions.
Female ejaculation and the British film censorsIn the United Kingdom, the British Board of Film Classification denies the existence of the phenomenon of female ejaculation, regarding it instead as urination during sex, thus banning its depiction under its rules that ban the depiction of urolagnia. Female ejaculation in pornographyIn some adult films, women are shown ejaculating a clear or milky fluid. Allegedly, some of this is done through trick editing. The woman's vagina is filled with fluids from external sources. With the camera on, the woman can then expel the fluid. In other cases, the fluid is clearly seen as coming from her urethra. References
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