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The sexual body techniques of early and medieval China – underlying emic theories and basic methods of a non-reproductive sexual scenario for non-same-sex partners
Published in Vivienne Lo, Michael Stanley-Baker, Dolly Yang, Routledge Handbook of Chinese Medicine, 2022
This concise review discusses (2) general aspects of the sexual scenario of early and medieval China in which gender-specific roles during the sexual encounter must be emphasised. As ‘essence’ is considered to be the most precious generative fluid in the human body, men are advised to (3) deal with male essence as a scarce good, and thus learn to avoid emission and ejaculation during a sexual encounter. In stark contrast to this male preoccupation with containment, women are thought to be a superior source of nourishment. (4) Repeated female ejaculation provides the ‘female essence’ that can be absorbed by the man. (5) Performing a sexual encounter means mutual stimulation to this end during foreplay and onset phase, followed by a series of penetrative ‘advances’ with ‘intermissions’, and culminating in a ‘grand finale’.
Intimate areas
Published in Jani van Loghem, Calcium Hydroxylapatite Soft Tissue Fillers, 2020
In a 7th-century poem in the Kamasutra, mention is made of what we now know as the Grafenberg spot (G-spot). There is credible evidence that between the different cultures the G-spot and female ejaculation have been discovered, described, and subsequently forgotten in the last 2,000 years [1]. Research shows that there is a direct correlation between the thickness of the uro-vaginal space (space between vagina and urethra) and being able to achieve vaginal orgasms [2]. The G-spot is a gland-like area with nourishing vessels. The volume of the G-spot is dependent on the ability of the woman to achieve vaginal G-spot orgasms. One study showed that women who can achieve G-spot orgasms have a G-spot with an average length of 19 mm and an average volume of 0.59 mL. Women who cannot achieve G-spot orgasms had an average length of 17 mm and an average volume 0.26 mL. Volume was also linked to serum androgens and time since intercourse [3]. Here, we show a technique to increase the volume of the G-spot using CaHA. As this is an off-label indication, we advise the physician to include some additional paperwork—not just the informed consents and medical questionnaires—but also the validated female sexual function index (FSFI) questionnaire. We advise that an assistant be present at all times before, during, and after the procedure. Contraindications are pregnancy, gynaecological or psychiatric disease, sexual dysfunctions (problems with the female sexual response cycle: arousal, plateau, orgasm, resolution), relationship problems or emotional/psychological problems, or sexually transmitted diseases.
Physical Aspects of the Sex Response
Published in Philipa A Brough, Margaret Denman, Introduction to Psychosexual Medicine, 2019
‘True’ female ejaculation is associated with the expulsion of a small volume of whitish, viscous fluid (29,30). This fluid is thought to be produced by female urethral and/or paraurethral glands (collectively and confusingly described by some authors as ‘the female prostate’), and it has been reported that the production of such fluid positively contributes to the female erotic experience (31).
The First Ejaculation: A Male Pubertal Milestone Comparable to Menarche?
Published in The Journal of Sex Research, 2020
Given this point, perhaps it is less appropriate to denote thorarche as a male counterpart to the female menarche, but rather, to the female orgasmarche. After all, the boy’s experience of an orgasm is quite different than the girl’s (typically unpleasant) experience of menstruation. Like boys, girls also experience sexual desire following puberty and may engage in masturbation (Sharma & Sharma, 1998). Moreover, girls too experience orgasm in their sleep (Fisher et al., 1983), suggesting that a nocturnal emission may be better thought of as a male counterpart to the female nocturnal orgasm rather than to female menstruation. That being said, women report experiencing orgasms less often than men in general (Kontula & Miettinen, 2016), so it may not be fair to equalize the first experience of male and female orgasm. Furthermore, only male orgasmarche has a visible objective marker (ejaculate). Some women too report experiencing fluid expulsion during orgasm, often called female ejaculation or “squirting,” but the experience of first female ejaculation is by no means considered akin to the first male ejaculation, especially given that the so-called female ejaculate is primarily urine (Salama et al., 2015).
Toward a Model of Porn Literacy: Core Concepts, Rationales, and Approaches
Published in The Journal of Sex Research, 2020
Kate Dawson, Saoirse Nic Gabhainn, Pádraig MacNeela
Discussions comparing “real-world sex” and “porn sex” often centered on genital functioning. Some participants believed that representations of sexual pleasure and orgasm were portrayed as dramatic and overt, with ease of orgasm, ejaculation, and “squirting” or female ejaculation being cited as some of the most unrealistic aspects of genital functioning in pornography (e.g., “orgasm through penetration, that seems to happen a lot in porn and that’s not the reality”; heterosexual woman, age 26). Many male participants acknowledged the unrealistic nature of on-screen sex yet discussed personal accounts of how pornography created a standard for sex and failing to achieve such outcomes reflected poorly on their sense of self. As one hetersexual man, age 24, noted: “I think for guys it [is] a lot more deep rooted in their psychology and how they think about sex and how that reflects on themselves… . If something doesn’t go the way they pictured it … that’s it. It’s game over, you know.”
Women’s Experiences of Different Types of Orgasms—A Call for Pleasure Literacy?
Published in International Journal of Sexual Health, 2023
Katharina Weitkamp, Fabienne Seline Verena Wehrli
Some women reported “squirting” or “ejaculating” as a part of their orgasmic experiences. Recently, squirting and female ejaculation have been distinguished as two distinct events (Pastor & Chmel, 2022). Squirting seems to consist of a larger amount of water-like fluid expelled from the urethra. Whereas, female ejaculation is described as a small amount of thicker, milky fluid originating from the prostatic glands. However, in our study, the women did not make this distinction. Based on the content of their accounts (“Incredibly great, but it makes a huge mess.” No. 775, aged 38, bisexual), it can be assumed that the women referred to what is now termed squirting.