Myth #2: The G-spot is a spot
In 2017, scientists went on a spelunking adventure to find the G-spot on 13 female cadavers. Unfortunately, they did not find it for one reason — the G-spot is not an anatomical structure, “spot,” or organ.
According to a recent 2022 editorial in Sexual Medicine Reviews, the G-spot is not a single entity but a complex network of tissues and nerves throughout the clitoral network. Consequently, researchers have suggested calling these areas “zones” instead of spots.
These erogenous zones include the clitoral crura, the clitoral bulbs, the Skene’s glands (or female prostate), the urethra, and the anterior vaginal wall periurethral glands.
Here is a handy map of the erogenous zones.
Still, some sexologists insist on slicing up the clitoral network with the A-spot, C-spot, E-spot, and G-spot. (I might be missing some letters.) Since pleasure doesn’t emanate from one “spot,” we don’t need to play alphabet soup with women’s genitalia.
For example, the G-spot is part of the clitoral network or what some researchers call the Clitourethrovaginal (CUV) Complex — the distribution of nerves and tissues, including the clitoris, urethra, and anterior vaginal wall.
Better yet, think of it this way. We don’t refer to the frenulum — the sensitive area on the underside of the penis head — as the F-spot or the penis shaft as the S-spot. Can the clitoris please get the same respect?
