Female ejaculation

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Female ejaculation is the secretion of fluid in greater or lesser amounts from glands around the urethra and in the vulva. However, some women find it uncomfortable when they release female ejaculate during orgasm. Read everything you need to know about female ejaculation here!

What is female ejaculation?

Female ejaculation is the secretion of fluids during sexual arousal and orgasm. The origin, amount, composition of the fluid and the mechanism of secretion are different. Female ejaculation can manifest itself as increased vaginal moistening (vaginal lubrication) as well as female ejaculation in the narrower sense (secretion of fluid from certain glands in the vaginal vestibule). Sometimes spraying a large amount of diluted urine (coital urinary incontinence) is also misinterpreted as female ejaculation.

All three forms of fluid discharge can also occur at the same time. The amount of liquid that is released can vary between one and 50 milliliters.

Increased vaginal lubrication

It is based on increased local blood flow and swelling. The amount and composition of the lubricating fluid are influenced by the length and intensity of sexual activity. When penetrating the penis, this fluid can drain as a surge.

Female ejaculation in the strict sense

Female ejaculate looks very similar to male ejaculate: it is milky to light yellow, the odor can be more or less strong and depends on the woman's lifestyle and the frequency with which female ejaculation occurs. Like male ejaculate, it also contains PSA (prostate-specific antigen), but only in small amounts. Another component is glucose, which enters the vagina during ejaculation in women. It serves as “food for the journey” (energy fuel) for the sperm on their way to the uterus and on through the fallopian tubes.

Female ejaculate comes from the Skene glands (paraurethral glands), the ducts of which open into the vaginal vestibule next to the urethral opening. Because their secretion is similar to the secretion of the prostate in men, they are also referred to as the "female prostate".

Female ejaculate is secreted during orgasm, but it does not have to happen with every orgasm.

Hosing down urine

Sometimes the spraying of diluted urine in women during intercourse is mistaken for female ejaculation. Strictly speaking, however, it is a coital urinary incontinence. It can occur when penetrating the penis or during orgasm. The cause of coital urinary incontinence is still being debated. For example, a dysfunction of the urethral sphincter is possible.

What is the job of female ejaculation?

The importance of female ejaculation is still being debated. Experts believe that female ejaculation and other secretions of glandular secretions in the vagina have the purpose of moistening the mucous membranes and thus increasing the lubricity inside the vagina. This makes it easier for the penis to penetrate.

The secretions also neutralize the acidic environment in the vagina and thus ensure the survival of the sperm. The glucose contained in female ejaculate also provides the sperm with the energy they need to move on their way to the egg cell.

How does female ejaculation work?

Female ejaculate from the paraurethral glands is secreted when the vagina and clitoris are stimulated.

The increased moistening of the vagina (lubrication) is the result of increased vaginal blood flow and swelling that occur during sexual arousal.

What disorders can female ejaculation cause?

It can happen that women find the fluid that collects in the vagina area (female ejaculate) uncomfortable or even embarrassing for their partner. Some women even try to suppress orgasm out of shame in hopes of preventing female ejaculation as well.

Not every woman ejaculates and not every woman has paraurethral glands (only about two-thirds of all women have them). In the literature, the frequency of ejaculation (women) is given as 10 to 54 percent. Female ejaculation is generally not part of female orgasm and there is no disease if a woman does not ejaculate.

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