Nature and Origin of “Squirting” in Female Sexuality

Abstract

Introduction During sexual stimulation, some women report the discharge of a noticeable amount of fluid from the urethra, a phenomenon also called “squirting.” To date, both the nature and the origin of squirting remain controversial. In this investigation, we not only analyzed the biochemical nature of the emitted fluid, but also explored the presence of any pelvic liquid collection that could result from sexual arousal and explain a massive fluid emission. Methods Seven women, without gynecologic abnormalities and who reported recurrent and massive fluid emission during sexual stimulation, underwent provoked sexual arousal. Pelvic ultrasound scans were performed after voluntary urination (US1), and during sexual stimulation just before (US2) and after (US3) squirting. Urea, creatinine, uric acid, and prostatic-specific antigen (PSA) concentrations were assessed in urinary samples before sexual stimulation (BSU) and after squirting (ASU), and squirting sample itself (S). Results In all participants, US1 confirmed thorough bladder emptiness. After a variable time of sexual excitation, US2 (just before squirting) showed noticeable bladder filling, and US3 (just after squirting) demonstrated that the bladder had been emptied again. Biochemical analysis of BSU, S, and ASU showed comparable urea, creatinine, and uric acid concentrations in all participants. Yet, whereas PSA was not detected in BSU in six out of seven participants, this antigen was present in S and ASU in five out of seven participants. Conclusions The present data based on ultrasonographic bladder monitoring and biochemical analyses indicate that squirting is essentially the involuntary emission of urine during sexual activity, although a marginal contribution of prostatic secretions to the emitted fluid often exists.

Que sait-on des femmes fontaines et de l’éjaculation féminine en 2015 ?

“…Ce dernier phé nomè ne ne doit pas être considé ré comme une pathologie, et une explication claire et honnête doit être apporté e aux femmes qui questionnent sur le sujet. Concernant les femmes qui ne souhaitent pas é mettre du liquide, à cause d'une gêne ou pour la gestion de la literie, Salama et al suggè rent d'uriner avant (ou pendant une pause durant) le rapport sexuel [26].…”

“…La dé tection de PSA chez 5 femmes sur 7 confirme l'hypothè se d'une participation de la prostate fé minine. Mais l'absence de PSA chez 2 femmes confirme que cette participation est accessoire et non essentielle pour être fontaine [26].…”

“…Serati et al retrouvent que 69 % des femmes qui ont une hyper-activité dé trusorienne ont une incontinence orgasmique [28]. Cependant, dans l'é tude de Salama et al, l'interrogatoire initial permettait d'exclure toute symptomatologie urinaire telle qu'une incontinence d'effort ou par impé riosité [26]. De plus, Cartwight et al ont comparé 6 femmes fontaines à 6 té moins et n'ont retrouvé aucune diffé rence sur les symptô mes du bas appareil urinaire ou sur les ré sultats du bilan urodynamique [29].…”

The whole versus the sum of some of the parts: toward resolving the apparent controversy of clitoral versus vaginal orgasms

“…Ejaculation is a sympathetically mediated spinal reflex that ejects sperm in seminal fluid, whereas refractoriness is a period of sexual quiescence and inhibition in which the male cannot easily achieve another erection (Hull & Rodríguez-Manzo, 2009, Levin, 2009). Although orgasm in women is not accompanied by seminal emission, some women ‘squirt’ a mixture of urine and Skene’s gland secretions from the urethra at orgasm, which contain urea, creatinine, uric acid, and prostatic-specific antigen (Salama et al, 2015). For women who are able to experience multiple orgasms, the refractory period appears to be shorter between orgasms, but longer after many orgasms have been attained (Salonia et al, 2010).…”

“…Upward pressure on the upper curved wall of the vagina puts pressure on these glands which can result in secretion of fluid that resembles semen. In addition, more recent ultrasounds have shown that the bladder fills during sexual intercourse and contracts in women who ‘squirt’ fluid from the urethra at orgasm (Salama et al, 2015). Whether the secretion is from Skene’s gland or bladder, or whether it occurred at all, manual or vibratory stimulation of the G-spot alone was reported to induce a deep orgasm in almost half of a large sample of professional women that responded to an orgasm questionnaire (Darling, Davidson, & Conway-Welsh, 1990).…”