Female Ejaculation

Female ejaculation remains poorly understood scientifically. The secretion of fluids during arousal and stimulation is normal. Women may produce different volumes of different fluids depending on circumstance and stimulus.  

The existence of female ejaculation and the female prostate is controversial. But it's a known factor that women expel fluids of various quantities and compositions from the urethra during sexual arousal and orgasm. Some women report gushing of fluid during orgasm.  Surveys suggest that 40–54% of women have experienced an expulsion of fluid at orgasm. 

Emission of fluid at the acme of orgasm and/or sexual pleasure in females was considered as a description of female ejaculation.  Some experts are of the view that female orgasm is not associated with ejaculation.   

Ancient Indian texts in sexology (kamaśastra) from the 11th century onwards prove that their authors knew about female ejaculation. Despite various studies, views about female ejaculation remain controversial and inconsistent, with no clear conclusion as to its function.  

Female ejaculation and squirting are different phenomena. Anatomical studies have shown that ejaculation originates in the paraurethral (Skene's) glands.  Female ejaculate differs from urine in its creatinine and urea concentrations. The fluid also contains prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and could have antibacterial properties that serve to protect the urethra. Female ejaculate contains the enzymes prostate-specific antigen and prostatic acid phosphatase.  Ejaculate comes from the Skene’s glands, or “the female prostate.”

Research shows that 10 to 54 percent of women ejaculate. The amount of ejaculate released can range from approximately 0.3ml to more than 150ml.  Women have glandular tissue below the bladder and surrounding the urethra that appears to be homologous to the male prostate.