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Studies about G-spot helpful or harmful?

Asked by DrC (945points) January 31st, 2010

An English study published in early January 2010 concluded that the G-spot did not exist. The French (and many others) have responded with significant objection to that conclusion. Do you think that stating the G-spot does not exist is helpful for people or harmful? Why?

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Likeradar's avatar

Meh. Neither. Find a loving, giving partner who will try to find ways to make you feel good. Who the hell cares about what a researcher says will or won’t feel a certain way in your body?

gememers's avatar

the G-spot”? I thought there is multiple

nikipedia's avatar

Good studies about the g-spot would be helpful. That study was profoundly flawed. As in, it didn’t use any anatomical measures to find the g-spot. It pretty much just asked women, “do you think you have a g-spot?”

I read a criticism on a blog somewhere that pointed out that this is tantamount to trying to study brains by asking, “do you have a parahippocampal gyrus?”

SeventhSense's avatar

Maybe it will help people who are looking for this mysterious spot to just have a normal satisfying orgasm rather than seek the holy grail of climaxes. 90% of pleasure is centered in that large organ between our ears anyway.

stranger_in_a_strange_land's avatar

I don’t know what the scientists want to call it. But that “spot” exists. We verified it with explosive results, with and without clitoral stimulation (thermonuclear results in combination). Stating that the G-spot doesn’t exist is harmful, since it can lead to many ladies (and their lovers) potentially missing out on great pleasure.

eponymoushipster's avatar

then what have i been trying to touch with my tongue all these years? dammit~

stranger_in_a_strange_land's avatar

@eponymoushipster Tongue? My tongue and lips were for her clitoris. Two fingers for stroking the G-spot

stranger_in_a_strange_land's avatar

@eponymoushipster I wasn’t meaning to be sarcastic, merely curious. Never tried it that way.

eponymoushipster's avatar

@stranger_in_a_strange_land @stranger_in_a_strange_land it’s not that i could, per se, but the trying sure is a delight. :)

stranger_in_a_strange_land's avatar

@eponymoushipster I had never thought of it, my tongue being so busy doing other things. :^)

Berserker's avatar

As long as people don’t revert back to sowing a woman’s vagina shut or making her go through exorcisms when she squirts, people can debate about whatever I guess.
Generally though, I’d say any medical study is always good, as long as no harm is brought to anyone.

eponymoushipster's avatar

@Symbeline you kinda look like youre in an exorcism when you squirt. that leg jiggle is hot like fire.

SeventhSense's avatar

How can a study do harm? If you can shoot across the room whatever, but the women who are going crazy looking for this can just relax. Personally one of us ejaculating in the room is enough for me.

stranger_in_a_strange_land's avatar

@Symbeline The squirt is that extra “you done beaucoups bien”.

Berserker's avatar

@eponymoushipster It looks more like demonic possession, and it feels like sin. ^^

@stranger_in_a_strange_land Du travail bien fait! :D

eponymoushipster's avatar

@Symbeline it’s an incredible turn-on for me.

stranger_in_a_strange_land's avatar

@eponymoushipster @Symbeline It was immensely gratifying to know that I could be the cause of such intense pleasure. Massive ego-stroke. :^D

stranger_in_a_strange_land's avatar

@Symbeline Merci beaucoups, madamoiselle. :D

Berserker's avatar

@eponymoushipster Everything I said about it was to be taken on a positive note. :)

stranger_in_a_strange_land's avatar

@Symbeline The first time I saw it (caused it?) I though she was having a seizure. I panicked but she screamed “Don’t Stop!!!”.

Violet's avatar

Maybe the people doing the study couldn’t pleasure the women they were with, and want an excuse, or something to blame their poor performance on.
The G-spot exists.

Simone_De_Beauvoir's avatar

I don’t know why we’re even wasting money on studies like this. Period.

stranger_in_a_strange_land's avatar

“Publish or perish” in action on this thing. More of an opinion poll than actual research.

SeventhSense's avatar

@Simone_De_Beauvoir
Right? I mean whatever floats your boat but please. It’s like a study to see how I can increase the trajectory of my ejaculation.
How about curing cervical cancer first?

nikipedia's avatar

@Simone_De_Beauvoir: Why do you think it’s a waste?

Simone_De_Beauvoir's avatar

@nikipedia there are more pressing issues out there to research – it’s called priorities and I, of all people, am all for bringing power back to finding out about female anatomy and sexuality but I find that these kinds of studies shouldn’t be what people rely on in terms of that.

nikipedia's avatar

@Simone_De_Beauvoir: Well it sounds like there are two separate issues there. The first is about triage, and the second is about whether or not these studies are meaningful. If you’re right and these studies are fundamentally incapable of providing anything useful, then I agree, they shouldn’t be done at all. So why do you think people shouldn’t rely on them?

And as for your point about priorities… I think this is a very interesting question. Are you opposed to funding all pure science research, since it doesn’t save lives?

Simone_De_Beauvoir's avatar

@nikipedia there might be a sociological study done on this and related issues that I’d find interesting – that would be useful (or I’m biased, obviously)...because people are to quick to rely on anything scientific sounding when you and I both know that study isn’t sound…

I am not opposed to cutting funds from pure science research…in some fields, there is too much money being put into it and in other fields, not enough…money for research comes from all over the place in this country and the distribution of funds is biased in many ways…

Earthgirl's avatar

The question was do you think doing studies such as this are helpful or harmful. I think in this case the study could be helpful if done correctly. I find it interesting that some people seem to have a problem with exploring this facet of women’s sexuality. Why are they so anxious to say that the G-spot doesn’t exist? or it doesn’t matter? Wouldn’t the women who have experienced what they believe to be a G-spot orgasm be the the perfect volunteers for such a study? They study women who don’t experience this type of orgasm and say it doesn’t exist because it’s not statisticallly prevalent. Huh?? The truth is that in many cultures, not all, women’s sexuality is feared and repressed. There is a hesitance to talk about female sexual response. There is a great deal more orgasmic difficulty in women than in men. I don’t think it’s all from repression and sense of shame and cultural conditioning. I think there is a physical component to some women’s orgasmic difficulties. Knowing more about female anatomy and sexual response would help. It would help women to understand their sexuality and it would help men (if they cared enough) to increase their partner’s pleasure. I don’t think of a G-spot orgasm as some kind of Holy G-rail and I don’t think lovemaking should be the pursuit of as many orgasms as possible. But isn’t knowledge a good thing? Women who resond to some kind of study or the latest sexually explosive (no pun intended) bestseller by becoming obsessed about having the biggest and best are just doing what they would probably do about any new fad. There are plenty more women in honest, loving, commited relationships that wouldn’t react that way, they just want to enhance their sexual experience by having more pleasure and more frequent orgasms. To some women it’s not an issue. They don’t have that problem. So it is easy for them to say it doesn’t matter.

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