Age: At least 30.
Appearance: Elusive.
My ex-wife used to go on about this. Something to do with furniture? That's G-Plan. The G-spot is something to do with sex.
I'm all ears. Apart, of course, from a whopping great – Stop! It was named after the pioneering German gynaecologist Ernst Gräfenberg, and made famous …
No it wasn't. … in 1982 by the sexologist Beverly Whipple.
Who? Co-author of The G Spot and Other Recent Discoveries About Human Sexuality. This spot is said to be a bean-shaped area in the front wall of the vagina, near the back of the pubic bone.
I'm starting to wish I'd paid more attention in biology. According to some women, stimulating the G-spot can produce powerful orgasms. This may be because it's linked to the clitoris.
My ex used to talk about that as well. Others, however, deny the G-spot even exists. As a recent study in the Journal of Sexual Medicine put it, "Objective measures have failed to provide strong and consistent evidence", blah blah.
I love it when you summarise. It leaves more room for the bit that goes, "Now, however …" Now, however, the American gynaecologist Adam Ostrzenski claims to have identified the you-know-what. He reckons it's a clearly defined sac under a centimetre long, within which is a "worm-like" structure of what looks like erectile tissue.
A bit like a … A bit like a clitoris. At least that's what he found in the 83-year-old woman whose corpse he dissected.
Whoa there! This so-called breakthrough is based on one dead body? Ostrzenski says he has seen something similar in living patients.
That's not what I'd call conclusive. You're not the only one with reservations. Many experts don't believe a single structure can account for all those earth-moving moments. As Whipple herself says: "I think there's a lot more to it than just one tissue."
In other words … We're still fumbling around in the dark.
Do say: "Yes, yes, yes, yes, YES!"
Don't say: "Left a bit, right a bit …"
