Female ejaculation is similar to male ejaculation and occurs during sexual climax. A secretion is secreted from the vaginal glands during this time in about half of all women. However, the roles and exact source of female ejaculate are poorly understood, making precise findings difficult.
What is female ejaculation?
Female ejaculate is a secretion that a woman secretes intermittently at the climax of sexual arousal. Female ejaculate is a secretion that the woman secretes intermittently on the climax of sexual arousal. Even Aristotle reported a secreted fluid during female orgasm. In the 17th century, the Dutch physician de Graaf described a gushing secretion during female arousal. During the 17th century, the secretion was also known as the flow of pleasure. Since the 20th century, however, many scientists have denied the existence of female ejaculate. Others keep quiet about the secretion. A kind of social and scientific tabooing of the phenomenon has thus occurred. Even today, because of this taboo, there is a great need for research with regard to female ejaculate. At least science today has agreed that the phenomenon probably exists.
Function and task
The terminal segments of the female urethra are equipped with several tiny exits. From these outlets and from the right and left spongy-looking tissues around the urethra, some women secrete a clear secretion with odor and intense taste during orgasm. This female ejaculation is associated with intense pleasure for women. Chemical analyses of the intermittent secretions have detected both urine and secretions from the paraurethral gland in the fluid. The paraurethral gland is the female sex gland and is similar to the male prostate in its functions and characteristics. The existence of the female ejaculate is now relatively undisputed. However, not every woman ejaculates during climax. It is still difficult to estimate how many women experience ejaculation. Some studies speak of around half of all women. Others speak of only five percent. The source of the secretion is also unknown so far. Many scientists suspect the paraurethral glands or the Bartholin glands as the source. Others speak of uterine, tubal or cervical fluid in the case of female ejaculate. Sometimes there is also talk of a transudate fluid, which is said to originate from the urethra (urinary tract). Certain portions of female ejaculate probably even originate directly from the bladder, according to some scientists. However, the calcium content of the fluid argues against this theory. For a long time, women were nonetheless treated for incontinence after reporting their ejaculation. For this reason, female ejaculation is still associated with feelings of shame for many women today. Overall, research today assumes that the amount, color and frequency of female ejaculation varies considerably from woman to woman and is related not least to the woman’s lifestyle and dietary habits. Because the phenomenon has been taboo for some time, there remains a great need for research into the source, composition, and function of the secretion. Some theories today assume that pheromones are secreted with the secretion. Pheromones are scents for species-specific and non-verbal communication via biochemical substances. They bring kind relatives automatically and unconsciously to a certain reaction. It has been proven today that sexual pheromones do play a role for humans. To what extent they are relevant for the female ejaculate, however, remains unclear.
Diseases and complaints
For some time, female ejaculation was equated with incontinence during sexual climax. Medical science at the time made a distinction between women with existing incontinence and patients with no other signs of incontinence. Doctors assumed that involuntary urine leakage could occur during the loss of control during orgasm. In their opinion, this involuntary urine leakage was due to the relaxation of the bladder muscle.Stimulation and stretching of the vaginal wall during sexual intercourse has also sometimes been evaluated as causative for urinary leakage during the sexual act. Pelvic floor training and similar measures were supposed to prevent the phenomenon. Female ejaculation was long associated with great shame because of the connotation of incontinence. For some women, an ejaculation of several milliliters is still said to cause psychological discomfort today, which has a negative effect on their sex life. As a rule, however, female ejaculation is no longer treated as a phenomenon with pathological value. Rather, the complete absence of lubrication during the sexual act is now considered serious. Vaginal dryness is often associated with pain and accordingly impairs female sexual life. Both psychological and biological factors are now considered to be the causes of dryness. For example, the degree of arousal is said to influence secretion. In the case of psychological stress, arousal is said to be minimal and secretion is not released. Hormonal changes are also said to play an increased role in connection with vaginal secretions. Because of the taboo nature of female ejaculation, related complaints and possible diseases have also been rather poorly researched.
