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Question: What is female orgasm fluid made up of?

(Posted by: specially4yourfriendship on 2010-02-01 22:09:44)

Women discharge two types of fluids, one is thick and comes out just in small amounts. The other when the women ejaculates(squirting or gushing) is just like water and comes out in large amounts. Biologically, I just want to know what these two types of fluids are made up of? and what actually are these fluids and where does it come from? Men ejaculate sperm which fertilizes an egg in a woman. Does this orgasmic fluid have any importance too?

Posted by: Ryemtl on 2010-02-01, 22:24:49

The first discharge you mention is a lubricant for your vagina and is produced in the vagina. It's a bit like mucous - it forms a protective barrier to shield the vaginal walls from tears and bacterial infections. When girls ejaculate, however, they squirt out of the urethra - the same place urine comes from, but the substance is different. Not a whole lot is known about female ejaculation, but the best hypothesis is that the fluid comes from the Skene's glands, which are prostate tissue quite similar to that found in males, though much smaller. Chemical tests on female ejaculate reveal high levels of PSA (prostate-specific antigen) and low levels of urea and creatinine, typical marker of urine. I highly doubt this fluid serves any reproductive purpose beyond making sex more pleasurable, but like I said, very little is known about female ejaculation and sexologists are just beginning to study it.

Posted by: Rebecca on 2010-02-01, 22:13:42

It's basically just a form of mucus, one just has more water in it. They come from glands inside the vagina. The vagina is like a self-cleaning oven and this mucus helps to cleanse it of bacteria and irritants. It doesn't really have much to do with sperm besides giving it a medium to live in and swim through.