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Six things science has revealed about the female orgasm

17:35 28 May 2009 by Michael Marshall

This week we report on the continuing debate about female ejaculation: is it real, and if so why does it happen?


See Everything you always wanted to know about female ejaculation (but were afraid to ask)


Ejaculation is just one of the aspects of female sexuality that are being demystified by research. In particular, the female orgasm, the subject of so many myths and folk beliefs, is gradually being understood.


Following some intense field research, here are some of the key facts about the female orgasm, as revealed by modern science.



The G spot is real


The G spot is a small region in the vagina that, if stimulated, can produce wildly intense orgasms – or so the popular claim goes. However, for decades, strong evidence for the region's existence was harder to find than the spot itself.



However, in 2008, an Italian research team found anatomical differences between women who could have G-spot orgasms

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