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New Research Suggests G-Spot Doesn't Exist
krou writes to tell us that according to a new study in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, a team from King's College London has found no evidence to suggest that the G-Spot actually exists, and they believe it may be a myth encouraged by magazines and sex therapists. The study performed is the largest of its kind, including some 1,800 women, and still was unable to find meaningful proof. Of course, the studies were probably all led by men, who everyone knows can't find the G-Spot anyway.
And the crowd goes wild..
On a more serious note, why do you have to make it so technical? Different areas stimulate differently and some are more powerful than others. If girls say that specific area pleasures them more, you don't have to make tons of researches about it. You can just believe it. And like with everything else sexual, it can difference between people.
If you are coming (as a man, and as a hint for slashdot's girls), stimulating the area between your balls and asshole makes your orgasm a lot more powerful. It's even possible to come just by stimulating that area, without touching your dick (I've done it). That is actually what's called men "g-spot", while technically its deeper in your ass, but you can stimulate it somewhat from under your balls too. If you're not up for gay sex, you can of course ask your girl to put a finger in your ass and try to stimulate it from there.
Also why not just experience? Girls tend to let you know what feels good, in a way or another. Or just ask her if she has spotted it and help you stimulate it. It will be slighty different with every girl, because everyones body and sexuality is slighty different.
If there's one area in your life thats not all technical and about science, let it be sex, and just have fun.
Is this article on slashdot for the three of us women? Or are there more women lurking than we knew about?
As most of slashdoters have not seen the G-spot either.
There's a large, easily felt physical outcropping which is one of several significant stimulus points. Maybe it's not the grafenberg spot, but it's what we think of when we hear g-spot.
There's a reason that people believe in this thing, ask for it to be stimulated on certain moods, et cetera.
StoneCypher is Full of BS
Good thing we on Slashdot found out about this. Now all of us experts on this topic can go back to our normal lives now that we know why that one wasn't working. [/smirk]
"Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish"
Albert Einstein
It is in my back right pocket, shaped suspiciously like my wallet.
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The dumb thing about this study is that they ask women if they have a G-spot.
Shit, with that methodology and the right sample population I can prove that men don't have prostate glands or spleens.
Fantastic methodology there! We won't actually study the person, we'll just ask them! What an awesome popularity contest.
In other news God does exist, 10/10 Christians guarantee it!
The problem with slashdot is that most of its users were bullied and stuffed into lockers as kids!
And their weight, and their hair, and if their "sexy clothes" really look sexy, and their breath, and your breath, and their THIS, and their THAT, etc, etc, etc, etc....
It's amazing how much crap is going on in their heads during sex.
Give a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day. But light a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
They asked? That's it?
*sigh*
For a minute there, I thought I'd found my new dream job. "Now, tell me if this makes you have an orgasm. Don't worry, it's for science."
My wife claims she notices three distinctly different kinds of orgasms - clit, g-spot, and a more nebulous 'vaginal' one. She never had an orgasm until I figured out where her supposedly non-existent g-spot is - that opened the flood gates to a whole bunch of really good sex.
Does the g-spot exist? Who cares. Something in the general vicinity of where my wife thinks her g-spot is can be stimulated to bring her to orgasm. Happy wife -> more sex -> happy me!
-V-
Who can decide a priori? Nobody.
-Sartre
Come on, we are supposed to have a meaningful discussion about this here? Let me sum up all the comments that are forth coming. Jokes about /.ers not being able to get out of the basement to get a girl let alone knwoing about their G-Spot.
The 3 women on slashdot offering their opinion, which will lead to a bunch of /.ers being surprised that there are women on /.
Comments about how we welcome our new G-spot overlords. Yes, it makes no sense but most reading this are saying, woman, what is that? G-Spot, what is that...must be some new kind of fembot, cue the overlord jokes.
Imagine a Beowoulf Cluster of these....
The person always complaining about how /. sucks now and how this is not new about something tech related
Someone correcting my grammar/spelling mistakes followed by someong correcting their and a spiral for the grammar/spelling Nazis...Jsut for those people in case I don't have enough, I is not bengi thiking that yous peopel is being knwoing Engrish prperly, not like it maters anyway on a plaec of blogging.
The few /.ers who claim to have dated women and know where the G-Spot is and are trying to prove they are a man here on /.
I think I about covered it all...next topic...please. ;)
Drawing the conclusion that there is no G-spot because it isn't _genetically_ determined is ludicrous. It's like saying humans don't have fingerprints because identical twins have different patterns.
Q: How do you spell clitoris?"
A: I don't know, but I had it on the tip of my tongue just a moment ago.
HUSBAND: Shall we try a different position tonight?
WIFE: That's a good idea.... you stand by the ironing board while I sit at the computer and fart all night.
That, my friend, is what alcohol is for
WTF? Over?
I've just managed to convince my wife that her "g-spot" is actually located in her throat -- don't ruin this for me!
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
So this study is about whether identical twins both self-report the same data. It's possibly a badly executed study on genetics, but it certainly does not study what the headline says.
In a different study, the spot was found during physical examination, and reportedly can be increased in size through vigorous stimulation. I know, citation needed, but I remember facts better than URLs.
No, the idea of whether you have one is subjective. Whether you actually have one should be as subjective as whether you have a femur.
Sounds reasonable...
Sounds like actual evidence...
Sounds speculative.
Sure, but to be fair, compared to our minds during sex, a pet rock has more going on mentally.
Of course, Bill "Cigar" Clinton didn't help matters much either with his antics and subsequent representation after the fact, which can tend to influence an entire generation as well.
If that's true, I am sure the current generation will be influenced by George "WMD" Bush's antics and subsequent representation after the facts...
No sig for the moment.
Anything that makes sex enjoyable... Oh how wrong that could get!
Anyway - stimulation is more than one single spot, it's a full body experience. And every person is different, and it's an adventure to find the right spots.
If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker would destroy civilization.
OK, with all of the suggestions here, I am SO CLOSE to finding my G-spot and I just need a bit of help.
So I've got two fingers in (relax guys, I am legal, just turned 19 last week), and curled backward to do the 'come here' sign, but backwards, since I am doing this to myself. I am almost two inches in, and it is starting to feel good, but my fingers are short. My question is this: Should I try to go deeper by inserting a third finger, or will this just make my thumb jamb up against my balls?
occultae nullus est respectus musicae - originally a Greek proverb
I always wanted to work in a deli, just so a woman would come in and ask me to give her some tongue. Then I could tell her, "sorry, I don't get off until 5:00!" Then she'd tell me "I don't get off at all, that's why I'm looking to buy some tongue!"
Thank you very much; I'm here all week. Try the veal.
-Z
A Middle Eastern country is like a woman. In the short term you plan well and enter targeting sensitive areas. In the long run of course you're stuck with a costly occupation and getting away eventually costs you half your stuff.
echo -e 'global _start\n _start:\n mov eax, 2\n int 80h\n jmp _start' > a.asm; nasm a.asm -f elf; ld a.o -o a;
Let's see Mythbusters try this one.
Life==Jeopardy. All the answers are right in front us - the hard part is coming up with the correct question.
Of course, Bill "Cigar" Clinton didn't help matters much either with his antics and subsequent representation after the fact, which can tend to influence an entire generation as well.
Dude, remember to whom he's married to.
A good education is a bit like a STD - it makes you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and gives you a desire to spread it.
I call bullshit on this article.
I found it right here.
And I quote:
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If Wendy's got one, then every woman with a hot and juicy does!
Well...date enough chicks over the years and I think you'll come to agree that most of them have some kind of a problem.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
here http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/123232355/abstract
abstract of article
Genetic and Environmental Influences on self-reported G-Spots in Women: A Twin Study
Andrea Virginia Burri, MSc, Lynn Cherkas, PhD, and Timothy D. Spector, MD
Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London, UK
Correspondence to Andrea Burri, MSc, Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, St. Thomas' Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 EH7, UK. Tel: 00447943802987; Fax: 004402071886718; E-mail: andrea.burri@kcl.ac.uk, tim.spector@kcl.ac.uk
Copyright © 2009 International Society for Sexual Medicine
KEYWORDS
G-Spot Twin Study Genetics Heritability
ABSTRACT
Introduction. There is an ongoing debate around the existence of the G-spot—an allegedly highly sensitive area on the anterior wall of the human vagina. The existence of the G-spot seems to be widely accepted among women, despite the failure of numerous behavioral, anatomical, and biochemical studies to prove its existence. Heritability has been demonstrated in all other genuine anatomical traits studied so far.
Aim. To investigate whether the self-reported G-spot has an underlying genetic basis.
Methods. 1804 unselected female twins aged 22–83 completed a questionnaire that included questions about female sexuality and asked about the presence or absence of a G-spot. The relative contribution of genetic and environmental factors to variation in the reported existence of a G-spot was assessed using a variance components model fitting approach.
Main Outcome Measures. Genetic variance component analysis of self-reported G-spot.
Results. We found 56% of women reported having a G-spot. The prevalence decreased with age. Variance component analyses revealed that variation in G-spot reported frequency is almost entirely a result of individual experiences and random measurement error (>89%) with no detectable genetic influence. Correlations with associated general sexual behavior, relationship satisfaction, and attitudes toward sexuality suggest that the self-reported G-spot is to be a secondary pseudo-phenomenon.
Conclusions. To our knowledge, this is the largest study investigating the prevalence of the G-spot and the first one to explore an underlying genetic basis. A possible explanation for the lack of heritability may be that women differ in their ability to detect their own (true) G-spots. However, we postulate that the reason for the lack of genetic variation—in contrast to other anatomical and physiological traits studied—is that there is no physiological or physical basis for the G-spot. Burri AV, Cherkas L, and Spector TD. Genetic and environmental influences on self-reported G-spots in women: A twin study. J Sex Med **;**:**–**.
"Well...date enough chicks over the years and I think you'll come to agree that most of them have some kind of a problem"
hmmm ... what is the one common factor in all your dates?
shutupshutupshutup
Don't let another priceless scientific discussion on /. get turned into another political flamefest
I don't know the meaning of the word 'don't' - J
While it's impossible for you to realize that the common factor is indeed you, it is. I've been there done that. Everyone around me was insisting that I was "selecting" them, and I was insistent otherwise. What brought it into perspective for me was a conversation with a roomate. He was raised in a family full of alcoholics. And he claimed that he could "sense" if someone was an alcoholic. He couldn't explain how, other than just to say that he could. He suggested that it was mostly speech patterns and body language, but also said it was just a "feeling" Having spent time with him I think he indeed could quickly pick up on this. I have since come to the conclusion that we all to some extent or another intuit or know things about others around us that we are not always consciously aware of. In fact some of us are *Oblivious* to it. It's possible for a guy to be attracted to alcoholics or Borderline personalities and not even know it. People don't generally have sex with those they don't find attractive. In fact it's pretty much impossible to line up sex partners without a whole host of selection biases showing up. I now have a firm handle on whatever I was finding "attractive" in my old partners, and i don't find them attractive any longer (for the most part) Instead sometime's I'll see a woman and I'll think "now that right there, that's one crazy ass bitch. Come at you with a steak knife crazy...." And you know what, I would place good money on me being right. There are plenty of crazies of all different sorts out there, it's not hard to find lots and lots of them.