- Female ejaculation, though more elusive and not necessary to human reproduction, is--in other ways--extremely similar to male ejaculation. Female ejaculation is a bodily response in the genitals to sexual arousal, pleasure and release. When it occurs, it is usually in conjunction with an orgasm, but may also precede, directly follow or happen entirely independent of an orgasm. It is a physiological way of expressing sexual satisfaction for the woman ejaculating, as is its believed primary purpose.
- Female ejaculation comes from the urethra, the same genital opening that passes urine, not the vagina. Its texture is therefore that of a very thin liquid. The female ejaculate may come in amounts so small that a woman does not even realize that she is ejaculating, or it may come in large quantities. It may either trickle out of the urethra with little force, or it can be released as a powerful stream. Female ejaculate, when in large quantities, is usually clear and does not have a smell. Smaller quantities are often milky or yellow, and they may have a strong or even pungent smell. It tends to produce a very pleasurable sensation for the woman ejaculating.
- For a woman to ejaculate, she must learn to relax her pelvic floor muscles (the same muscles that push out and hold back a stream of urine), and also to contract them at will, especially during sexual activity. Pelvic floor muscles can be strengthened by doing Kegel exercises: repeatedly contracting, holding and then relaxing the muscles. For ejaculation to occur, women must be able to relax the muscles during arousal, then contract them at the point of ejaculation to expel the liquid. Usually, female ejaculation is accomplished by stimulation of the g-spot, located on the front wall of the vagina. Applying pressure with fingers or a toy to this area is important.
- Little research has been done on female ejaculation, so it is not definitively known what causes the ejaculation, or what the liquid is. The most prevalent theories, however, speculate that the ejaculate is caused and produced by the female prostate (also known as skene's gland) which forms in utero before the sex of a fetus is determined. The female prostate is located along the front of the vaginal canal, and it is where the g-spot appears. The prostate gland is believed to contribute to the production of the ejaculate itself (as female ejaculate and male ejaculate produced by the male prostate gland share many chemical components), but how and why exactly it is produced is unclear.
- Contrary to what many believe, female ejaculation does, in fact, exist. Further, is not the same thing as urine. It is, in fact, believed by many scientists to be physiologically impossible for a woman to urinate at that heightened state of arousal. On the other side of the coin, not all women are necessarily able to ejaculate. Like with any sexual activity, not all enjoy it when they do. Ejaculating sometimes also does not mean a guarantee of future ejaculations, and its presence or lack thereof cannot be used for most women as a reliable indicator of whether or not she has had an orgasm.
