March 2nd, 2010 @ Amber St. Clare

Back when the Original Star Trek first aired in 1966, there was little information available to the general public about the G-spot. There was a sexual revolution going on and women like Betty Dodson were reclaiming their clitoris for the good of womankind and teaching women how to masturbate. It is doubtful that the old Uhura ever knew about her G-spot, as progressive as her character was, and most likely used her new age gadgets for clitoral stimulation alone.
You see, women’s libbers (or feminists) of the time didn’t like Freud’s analogy that the vagina was superior to the clitoris as far as orgasms go because that meant the all mighty penis still held power over women’s right to sexual pleasure. They preferred Kinsey’s analogy who believed there was no such thing as a vaginal orgasm, as if fit better with women empowering their own sexual freedom, rather than needing a man. Move over Captain Kirk!
Phase to Star Trek: Next Generation… In 1982, Beverly Whipple and her colleagues wrote a ground-breaking book: “The G Spot (And Other Discoveries About Human Sexuality)”, the first book to prove the existence and define the location of the Gräfenberg spot (or G-spot) named for the German physician Ernst Grafenberg who first described “an erotic zone located on the anterior wall of the vagina along the course of the urethra that would swell during sexual stimulation.” From there, some women began experimenting with this so called spot, boldly going where few women had gone before, such as Deborah Sundahl, author of “Female Ejaculation and the G-spot” (review), who has taught about the G-spot and female ejaculation for 20+ years. Her book which was published in 2003 shone new light into that dark mysterious part of the female universe and the general public became interested in the G-spot. Women wanted to learn how to get off and how to squirt. Given Dr. Crusher’s knowledge of the female anatomy, I’m going to argue that she was aware of the G-spot, but like most doctors, probably didn’t give it much credence. Deanna Troi, however, being quite intuitive and sexually liberated most likely squirted all the time, which is why she is always smiling in NextGen.
So the question is: does the G-spot exist?
Yes, the G-spot does exist. “The area the G-spot occupies is called the urethral sponge and it is tissue that surrounds the urethra (the tube we pee out of) that swells with fluid during sexual arousal. It is associated with the prostate gland in men and is made up of a complex system of erectile tissue, secretion glands (the Skene’s gland), the internal pelvic nerve and muscles that engage with one another during the arousal cycle. In most women it is sensitive to pressure and stimulation which can lead to high levels of sexual arousal and powerful orgasms. The existence of a G-spot has been widely accepted and most popular sexology books treat it as fact. In one study of female ejaculation, 84% of the approximately 1300 professional women who responded reported a sensitive area in the vagina, and this was correlated with those who also reported ejaculation.”—How to Pleasure Your G-spot.
Do all women have one? And, if they do, why can’t many women get off with theirs?
Okay, back to Star Trek and an analogy. Most human beings are born with eyes, correct? Can we say most likely 99.99% of people are born with eyes? If we agree, then most likely, the same goes for the G-spot in women and the prostate gland in men. Nearly all women have a G-spot. But, like eyes, some people are born blind, and people have varying degrees of eyesight, therefore it stands to reason, that women will also experience varying degrees of a heightened or hibernating G-spot responses. To some women, the G-spot will be a “natural” addition to their sexual pleasure and one that they discover spontaneously when they suddenly ejaculate. For them, stimulating the G-spot will be very arousing and lead to great pleasure and explosive orgasms. Other women may experience discomfort in an attempt to stimulate their G-spot (both bodily and psychologically). They may have a bad experience with it that impedes them from enjoying G-spot stimulation, they may dislike female ejaculation and think it is dirty, or they may even experience pain, or nothing at all. That doesn’t mean their G-spot doesn’t exist, it means they don’t enjoy it, or don’t get off on it, or have yet to discover it. Some women will never discover it, as every woman is different, and each woman’s sexual response is triggered by different stimuli.
However, just like we have glasses for eyes, and various other ways of helping people see better, (think Geordi La Forge and his visor—that’s my Star Trek analogy!) we also have tools that can help women discover their G-spot and take pleasure in it. The first of those tools is knowledge and there are many books and instructional videos on the topic. The two best books I have found on the subject are Deborah Sundahl’s “Female Ejaculation and the G-Spot” and Violet Blue’s “The Smart Girl’s Guide to the G-Spot ” both available via Amazon.com. For DVDs I recommend Nina Hartley’s Guide to G-spot Sex and Nina Harley’s Guide to Female Ejaculation [my review]. In “Guide to G-spot Sex” Nina explains the G-spot with an anatomical chart and then shows another female actor’s G-spot up close and personal with a vaginal speculum and you can see the bumpy tissue very well. In “Guide to Female Ejaculation” Nina helps costar Anna Mills squirt copiously using various G-spot tools and dildos (namely the Njoy Pure Wand) and you can see female ejaculation quite clearly. Before doing this video with Nina, Anna had never experienced G-spot ejaculation before, read a book on the subject and taught herself how-to. Both of these videos are excellent resources for those of us who are more visual and need “proof”. The books are much more in depth, but also very valuable. Sundahl’s book (although a bit esoteric for some people) has a great step-by-step exploration guide to help women discover their G-spot. Even though I could ejaculate before I read the book, I learned how to do so “on command” with the use of G-spot sex toys and masturbation. Blue’s book is very straight forward and an easy read, yet, still very helpful in relating the facts and misconceptions surrounding the G-spot.
Enter Star Trek (2009), the film, and we find a very hip younger Uhura who definitely knows where her G-spot is and how to orgasm from it. Her new age gadgets are shaped like vibrating dildos with that perfect G-spot curve designed to hit the spot and make her rock. Occasionally, she allows Spock to partake in that action, but she in no way “needs” a man (Vulcan or not!) to help her find it. She still finds the occasional Romulan who refuses to accept the existence of the G-spot, but luckily, they get sucked into a Black Hole and the G-spot is saved for all womankind to enjoy!
Back on Earth, we still encounter the G-spot debate with pseudo-scientists disclaiming its existence. “In an era where we have flown men to the moon, made Star Trek’s communicators a reality, grown ears on the backs of mice and cloned sheep, it seems pretty ridiculous that we still haven’t found that elusive G-spot!”—The Case of the Mysteriously Vanishing G-spot. And, there are still sexologists who prefer to stick to their guns when it comes to their Clitoral hierarchy, by spreading the misinformation that the G-spot is only a “smoke and mirrors” parlor trick.—A Critique of Betty Dodson’s “How to Squirt Video”. Yes, the clitoris is essential to women’s sexual pleasure and without it we would not be able to enjoy the G-spot at all, as the G-spot is believed to be an internal extension of the clitoral structure. Still, denying its existence does every woman a disservice and “threatens to cast us back into the dark ages of belief systems that has shrouded female sexuality in myths. This kind of speculation is damaging to women’s right to pleasure, leading to sexual frustration, false cures and self-doubt.”—Yes, Virginia, There is a G-spot… But Not Every Woman Has One.
Hopefully, someday, like our Star Trek explorers, we will all boldly go where only a few women have gone before, and the G-spot will cease to be science fiction (to some) and become science fact (to all). Okay… now beam me up Scotty, I’m ready to explore that “undiscovered country”, (or the dark mysterious universe that is female sexual anatomy) and experience a Super Nova orgasm, while naysayers struggle to pull themselves out of the Black Hole of self-doubt. Are you with me? Warp speed ahead!
- Written by: Domina Doll from Pop My Cherry Review
(Special thanks to the lovely Domina Doll for writing this guest post for Scarlet’s Letter!)