‘It’s what I’ve never seen before that I recognize.’ –Diane Arbus
It wasn’t until the latter half of the 17th century that the first truly scientific account of female ejaculation would be presented, this by a Dutch gynecologist named Reinjier De Graaf, precisely distinguishing between vaginal lubrication, which facilitates intercourse, and female ejaculation, which is tantamount to seminal emission. “This liquid was clearly not designed by Nature to moisten the urethra (as some people think),” wrote De Graaf, describing the “pituito-serous juice” sometimes excreted around the time of female orgasm. (…)
Fast-forward to 1952, past the historical hordes of women secretly ejaculating in mass confusion, and we arrive at the offices of German-born gynecologist Ernest Gräfenberg, who, while the contributions of De Graaf and others are often overlooked, is credited with “discovering” an erotic zone on the anterior wall of the vagina running along the course of the urethra. Ernest, in other words, is the one who first christened your “G-spot.” (…)
It wasn’t until 1982 that female ejaculate was first chemically analyzed. If it’s not urine, and it’s not semen, then what, exactly, is it? (…) It’s rather odd that we still don’t have a name for this substance that 40 percent of women report having produced liberally at least once in their lives.
