Women’s Experiences of Female Ejaculation

Abstract

Thirteen women responded to an open-ended questionnaire about their female ejaculation experiences. Responses are described from a phenomenological perspective. The major themes of responses include feelings of humiliation and shame or feelings of exploration and wonder, moving towards acceptance or acceptance tinged with resignation. Women explain their relationships to their bodies as well as their relationship to the ejaculation fluids and how this affects their sexual identities. The origins of their sexual fluids are mysterious. The stimulation needed for ejaculation differed among respondents, and was also found to occur separately from orgasm for some women. Ejaculation began at one of two distinct time points in the life course. This study supports the existence of female ejaculation as a common experience for some women, and proposes new areas for further exploration.Keywords Ejaculation Á Women's sexuality Á Sexual fluid Á Women Á Female prostate Á Phenomenology Á Orgasm Á G-spot Á Multiple orgasm Á Female sexual experience Female ejaculation has been defined previously as the ''expulsion of fluid from the urethra'' during sexual arousal (Whipple and Komisaruk 1999). The topic of female ejaculation has a contentious history in modern sexology. There has been considerable debate as to whether the phenomena exists, the organs or physiological structures involved in the fluid's creation and expulsion, and the makeup of the fluid. Upon researching the topic it becomes obvious that voices are missing from this debate: the women themselves speaking about the nature of their experience.

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“…Comparison between female ejaculate and urine shows that there are significant differences between the two fluids when emitted during sex, regarding contents, volume and appearance (Zaviačič and Whipple 1993;Whipple and Graziottin 2006;Gilliland 2009). Researchers have also found differences in women who are incontinent at orgasm and women who ejaculate, when it comes to state of pelvic floor muscles and bladder (Whipple and Graziottin 2006).…”

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