When aroused, some women may
experience squirting, or a rather
noticeable discharge of fluid. What it is
exactly and where it comes from has
been hotly debated: female ejaculation
or adult bedwetting? Researchers are
now saying that squirting is essentially
involuntary urination.
Female ejaculate is technically the
small amount of milky white fluid that’s
expressed when climaxing, New
Scientist explains. Squirting, on the
other hand, results in a much larger
gush of a clear fluid, which comes from
the urethra, the duct where urine is
conveyed from the bladder. The
findings, which combine biochemical
analyses with pelvic ultrasounds, were
published in the Journal of Sexual
Medicine on Christmas Eve.
A French team led by Samuel Salama
from Hopital Privé de Parly II recruited
seven healthy women—who’ve
reported recurrent and massive fluid
emission (enough to fill a cup) during
sexual stimulation—to undergo
“provoked sexual arousal.” The team
conducted pelvic ultrasound scans
after urination and during sexual
excitation just before and after the
squirting event.
All of the women had empty bladders
before sexual excitation, however,
urine collected just before squirting
showed that the bladder was filling up.
Urine sampled after squirting revealed
that the bladder had been emptied
again, revealing the origin of the
squirted liquid.
The researchers also analyzed
chemical concentrations in the urine
samples (before arousal and after
squirting) as well as the squirting
sample itself. These included urea, uric
acid, creatinine (a byproduct of muscle
metabolism), and prostatic-specific
antigen (PSA). The latter is a protein
that’s produced in men’s prostate
glands and in the “female prostate”
called the Skene glands; PSA is found
in “true” female ejaculate. Urea, uric
acid, and creatinine concentrations
were comparable in all of the urine and
squirt samples. However, PSA, which
was not detected before sexual
simulation in six of the women’s urine
samples, were present in urine
collected after squirting and in the
squirt sample in five of the women.
Squirting, they found, is essentially the
involuntary emission of urine during
sexual activity—though there’s also a
small contribution of prostatic
secretions as well. Salama’s team is
now working on a protocol to test
whether the kidneys work faster to
produce urine during sexual stimulation
than at other times, New Scientist
explains. And if so, why. When aroused, some women may
experience squirting, or a rather
noticeable discharge of fluid. What it is
exactly and where it comes from has
been hotly debated: female ejaculation
or adult bedwetting? Researchers are
now saying that squirting is essentially
involuntary urination.
Female ejaculate is technically the
small amount of milky white fluid that’s
expressed when climaxing, New
Scientist explains. Squirting, on the
other hand, results in a much larger
gush of a clear fluid, which comes from
the urethra, the duct where urine is
conveyed from the bladder. The
findings, which combine biochemical
analyses with pelvic ultrasounds, were
published in the Journal of Sexual
Medicine on Christmas Eve.
A French team led by Samuel Salama
from Hopital Privé de Parly II recruited
seven healthy women—who’ve
reported recurrent and massive fluid
emission (enough to fill a cup) during
sexual stimulation—to undergo
“provoked sexual arousal.” The team
conducted pelvic ultrasound scans
after urination and during sexual
excitation just before and after the
squirting event.
All of the women had empty bladders
before sexual excitation, however,
urine collected just before squirting
showed that the bladder was filling up.
Urine sampled after squirting revealed
that the bladder had been emptied
again, revealing the origin of the
squirted liquid.
The researchers also analyzed
chemical concentrations in the urine
samples (before arousal and after
squirting) as well as the squirting
sample itself. These included urea, uric
acid, creatinine (a byproduct of muscle
metabolism), and prostatic-specific
antigen (PSA). The latter is a protein
that’s produced in men’s prostate
glands and in the “female prostate”
called the Skene glands; PSA is found
in “true” female ejaculate. Urea, uric
acid, and creatinine concentrations
were comparable in all of the urine and
squirt samples. However, PSA, which
was not detected before sexual
simulation in six of the women’s urine
samples, were present in urine
collected after squirting and in the
squirt sample in five of the women.
Squirting, they found, is essentially the
involuntary emission of urine during
sexual activity—though there’s also a
small contribution of prostatic
secretions as well. Salama’s team is
now working on a protocol to test
whether the kidneys work faster to
produce urine during sexual stimulation
than at other times, New Scientist
explains. And if so, why.
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