Women self-reported G-spot existence and relation with sexual function and genital perception

Aşkı Ellibeş Kaya,Eray Çalışkan

doi:10.4274/tjod.55531

Abstract

Objective:Aim of study to determine the existence of the G-spot from the healthy women’s point of view and to assess the relationship with sexual function and genital perception.Materials and Methods:Sexually-active healthy polyclinic patients aged between 18 and 54 years (n=309) were classified into three groups as group 1 (do not agree, n=90, 29.1%), group 2 (neutral/do not know, n=61, 19.7%) and group 3 (agree, n=158, 51.1%) with regard to participants’ responses to a question of “does the G-spot exist.” The Female Sexual Function index (FSFI) and Female Genital Self-Image scale (FGSIS) were administered to the participants.Results:Half of the patients (51.1%, n=151) indicated that the G-spot exists. The groups were statistically homogeneous in terms of body mass index, parity, marital status, number of partners, and sexual orientation (p=0.41, p=0.06, p=0.12, p=0.19, p=0.25; respectively). Women with an education level of “less than high school” reported the absence of the G-spot significantly more often than others, whereas women with an education level of “university and higher” reported the presence of the G-spot more often (p≤0.001). Sexual dysfunction was found to be more frequent in group 1 when compared with group 3 (p=0.002, 67.8%, 45.6%). The orgasm subdomain scores of the FSFI and FGSIS total scores were significantly higher in group 3 than in group 1 (p<0.001, p=0.041).Conclusion:Half of healthy women in the Turkish population believe that the G-spot exists. Those women showed better scores in sexual functioning and genital perception.

Highlights

Female sexuality is complex and is influenced by many factors related to physiologic, psychological, hormonal, social, cultural, and partner issues
The participants were taken into a quiet room, and their demographic data were recorded, the questions on the G-spot were asked, and the Female Sexual Function index (FSFI) and Female Genital SelfImage scale (FGSIS) questionnaires, which have been validated for the Turkish language, were administered[16,17]
It was observed that the university and more education group stated that the G-spot existed at a higher rate, and the group that consisted of high school and below levels of education stated that the G-spot did not exist at a higher rate

Summary

Introduction

Female sexuality is complex and is influenced by many factors related to physiologic, psychological, hormonal, social, cultural, and partner issues. Ernst Grafenberg was the first to describe the G-spot as an erogenous zone approximately half a centimeter in size, below the urethra on the anterior wall of the vagina, but the first reports of its presence date back much further. During orgasm, this area is pressed downwards like a small cystocele protruding into the vaginal canal[3]. Anatomists, gynecologists, and sexual experts published self-reported questionnaire studies, case studies, anatomic and histologic studies and imaging studies[5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13]. The purpose of the study was to investigate how many women who as owners of this zone and to investigate its possible effect on sexual function and female genital perception

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