Can a woman ejaculate?

There have been many claims that there is such a thing as female ejaculation, but it was always dismissed as urination during intercourse. Newer evidence has shown that higher levels of a compound—prostatic acid phosphatase—have been found in patients who claim to have female ejaculation. This compound is found in high levels in male ejaculate and originates in the prostate.

Researchers have taken an anatomical approach to the issue of whether prostatelike components are in female ejaculate. They believe that if women ejaculate a fluid that is not urine, then it must be coming from someplace other than the bladder. The most likely source was thought to be the female paraurethral, or Skene’s, glands. Autopsy tests of Skene’s glands have found substances identical to those found in the prostate. Some experts now call these glands the “female prostate.”

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