# Can women really squirt when they reach their orgasm? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 15, 2009, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-women-really-squirt-when-they-reach-their-orgasm/499805 "2009-06-15T04:38:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-women-really-squirt-when-they-reach-their-orgasm/499805/21 "2009-06-16T16:03:50Z")
> [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](#): > > Meh, this is the message board on which you can ask what happens to pan-fried semen and have someone actually attempt the experiment. Compared to that, whether women are able to ejaculate is an everyday question. How did I miss that post? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![ivn1188](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e480ec/32.png) [@ivn1188](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivn1188)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-women-really-squirt-when-they-reach-their-orgasm/499805/22 "2009-06-16T16:24:07Z")
> [@thetruewheel](#): > > Oh, and I concur that Cytherea is awesome, and for real. > > How do I know? Because the people who make pornos donā€™t have their shit together enough to fake something anywhere close to that convincingly. The budget for pornos is 75% to pay the actresses and 20% to pay the actors. Whatā€™s left over is probably about $60-- theyā€™re not going to be hiring Industrial Light and Magic or Pixar to do their effects. > > These are people who use half-and-half as a stand-in for semen and call it close enough. http:// www.redt [ube.com](http://ube.com) /2132 Huh? That doesnā€™t look convincing at all. Thereā€™s way too much, and the pressure level is way too high. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-women-really-squirt-when-they-reach-their-orgasm/499805/23 "2009-06-16T16:25:12Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > How did I miss that post? šŸ˜ƒ It wasnā€™t exactly recent. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-women-really-squirt-when-they-reach-their-orgasm/499805/24 "2009-06-16T16:31:19Z")
> [@HDH80](#): > > I myself made and seen many girls in orgasm Sure, thatā€™s what they _want_ you to thinkā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-women-really-squirt-when-they-reach-their-orgasm/499805/25 "2009-06-16T16:51:08Z")
> [@HDH80](#): > > I myself made and seen many girls in orgasm, they almost lost control and even yelled a lot\ Me too. Thousands, maybe even tens of thousands. In fact sometimes just walking past a woman causes this. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-women-really-squirt-when-they-reach-their-orgasm/499805/26 "2009-06-16T16:55:42Z")
Iā€™ve been in the presence of a couple of _bona fide_ squirters, also. Itā€™s quite an impressive display. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-women-really-squirt-when-they-reach-their-orgasm/499805/27 "2009-06-16T17:42:05Z")
> [@](#): > > Oh, and I concur that Cytherea is awesome, and for real. > > How do I know? Because the people who make pornos donā€™t have their shit together enough to fake something anywhere close to that convincingly. The budget for pornos is 75% to pay the actresses and 20% to pay the actors. Whatā€™s left over is probably about $60-- theyā€™re not going to be hiring Industrial Light and Magic or Pixar to do their effects. It wouldnā€™t take ILM special effects to fake it; just a lady with a full bladder urinating voluntarily at the right point in the script. The data are equally consistent with the hypothesis that Cytheria is just good at acting like sheā€™s having an orgasm, and peeing while doing so. This would still be a somewhat uncommon skill (if thatā€™s what sheā€™s doing, sheā€™s very good at it), but then, the claimed squirting ability is also somewhat uncommon. Itā€™s difficult to say which is the least hypothesis, that sheā€™s an actual squirter, or that sheā€™s good at faking it. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-women-really-squirt-when-they-reach-their-orgasm/499805/28 "2009-06-16T18:06:35Z")
Iā€™m a woman, and I also think Cytheria is an actress and that jet she produces is urine. ---
**Author:** ![JonathanTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@JonathanTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonathanTheRed)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-women-really-squirt-when-they-reach-their-orgasm/499805/29 "2009-06-16T19:47:56Z")
> [@thetruewheel](#): > > This happened in my immediate presence for the first time last week. Me too, which is why I thought it a surprising coincidence to see this thread. Exceptā€¦ I _am_ a porn producer. This isnā€™t a joke, an exaggeration, or a lie, just the simple truth. This weekend I had my first squirting model, and I stood there in slack-jawed amazement as I filmed. Everybody else on the set was pretty impressed, too. She brought herself to multiple orgasms, and each time there was a discharge, sometimes a really substantial one. My other cameraman got some amazing closeups of her inner labia puckering and then, uh, I guess ā€œspittingā€ would be the appropriate word, if not very dignified. I didnā€™t perform any sort of chemical analysis of the fluid she ejaculated, but it was clear and had no amber tint. So I donā€™t know what the stuff is or where it comes from, but the phenomenon is certainly real. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-women-really-squirt-when-they-reach-their-orgasm/499805/30 "2009-06-16T20:02:06Z")
Indeed. I think porn has created this impression that a woman who ejaculates essentially sprays an arc of fluid at high pressure, that comes out of her urethrea. This is not, from what I have been able to determine, the actual case. Iā€™m not a pro, of course. A LOT of the videoā€™s Iā€™ve seen of girls loosing their minds and gushing fluids out also end up with the typical ā€œurine colorā€. So, take of that what you will. ---
**Author:** ![JonathanTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@JonathanTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonathanTheRed)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-women-really-squirt-when-they-reach-their-orgasm/499805/31 "2009-06-16T20:16:42Z")
> [@Tristan](#): > > Indeed. I think porn has created this impression that a woman who ejaculates essentially sprays an arc of fluid at high pressure, that comes out of her urethrea. Some do, according to another of my models. Herself, for example. She described her ejaculatory orgasms as pretty much what you described, an arc of high-pressure fluid. (She didnā€™t specify whether it came from the urethra or elsewhere.) > [@](#): > > Iā€™m not a pro, of course. I am šŸ˜‰ > [@](#): > > A LOT of the videoā€™s Iā€™ve seen of girls loosing their minds and gushing fluids out also end up with the typical ā€œurine colorā€. So, take of that what you will. This girl didnā€™t loose _[sic]_ her mind at all. She had an audience watching her use the massager on her clitoris, and she conversed with them throughout, stopping only just prior to each orgasm, which were wet and messy but silent. I would describe the dynamics of the ejaculation as splashyā€¦ similar to if youā€™d sucked maybe a quarter cup of water into your mouth and then puffed out your cheeks and forced them closed with your hands. The other ejaculatory model was surprised enough to comment about how different it was from her own behavior. When it came time to put her to the test, though, the sybian worked her up wildly yet she only ejaculated a fairly small amount. She _did_ lose her mind, convulsing wildly on the floor as she came. (She then suffered from a certain discomfort that I guess would be the female equivalent of blue balls.) Because she fell out of frame as she did it I donā€™t think I got a good shot of the moment of truth, but it made a damp spot on the carpet with a small area and a sharply defined edge, consistent with a high-pressure stream. But hey, you can just watch the videos when theyā€™re ready šŸ™‚ P.S. to all the old SD hands here. Unlike the OP, this isnā€™t my first post, but I am still fairly new here. Is it kosher to discuss such sensitive topics in such explicit terms? If not, beg pardon. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-women-really-squirt-when-they-reach-their-orgasm/499805/32 "2009-06-16T20:25:07Z")
Some women squirt mace if I approach them in a dark parking lot. Maybe itā€™s related. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-women-really-squirt-when-they-reach-their-orgasm/499805/33 "2009-06-16T20:25:50Z")
> [@](#): > > P.S. to all the old SD hands here. Unlike the OP, this isnā€™t my first post, but I am still fairly new here. Is it kosher to discuss such sensitive topics in such explicit terms? If not, beg pardon. How else would one discuss a topic such as this? Weā€™re pretty permissive of any sort of factual discussion, here. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-women-really-squirt-when-they-reach-their-orgasm/499805/34 "2009-06-16T20:49:57Z")
Uh, evidence of your porn production? Please deposit the videos in a brown bag at my doorstep at midnight, thanksā€¦ \>\_\> ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-women-really-squirt-when-they-reach-their-orgasm/499805/35 "2009-06-16T21:40:12Z")
Witnessed Flower Tucci first hand. Yes itā€™s real. Didnā€™t check to see if it was urine, but didnā€™t seem to have an odor. ---
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-women-really-squirt-when-they-reach-their-orgasm/499805/36 "2009-06-16T21:53:45Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > I would like to know the results of this experiment šŸ†’ [thread=198659]Here you go[/thread]! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![davekhps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@davekhps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davekhps)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-women-really-squirt-when-they-reach-their-orgasm/499805/37 "2009-06-16T22:40:14Z")
Just would like to chime in. Itā€™s real. . . and itā€™s fake. I couldnā€™t give you an exact number, but 99% of ā€œsquirtingā€ porn is just an excuse for female-themed watersports that can escape the obscenity police. Itā€™s obvious in these videos that the ā€œejaculateā€ in question is just good olā€™ fashioned urine. Itā€™s usually obscured by a vigorously massaging hand (which adds to the ā€œspraying everywhereā€ effect), but sometimes they donā€™t even fake it. Also, IIRC, some actresses douche with water, then the scene cuts to them spraying ā€œejaculateā€ from their bodies. This is the ā€œfirehoseā€ effect seen in many a porn, although personally I believe itā€™s less common today (most gonzo porn I see these days just goes straight for the urine with little pretense). Now, that said. . . the phenomenon _is_ real, and some women do ā€œejaculate.ā€ But with very, very few exceptions, I doubt any porn catches this-- itā€™s just a flood of extra fluid at/near the moment of orgasm, the same stuff that lubricates the vagina during arousal. In sufficient quantities and force of ejection, Iā€™m sure it looks similar (actually, I enjoyably know it looks similar :)) to the first spurts of urine, but thatā€™s it, itā€™s not a giant seconds-long flow. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-women-really-squirt-when-they-reach-their-orgasm/499805/38 "2009-06-16T22:42:22Z")
Is it just me, or is it hilarious to anyone else that Cytherea now lives in Branson, MO? I guess noone in the supermarket would recognize her there. ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-women-really-squirt-when-they-reach-their-orgasm/499805/39 "2009-06-16T22:51:01Z")
Just thought Iā€™d add my two cents here. It does happen and itā€™s not urine, and Iā€™d be surprised if any porn video showed it happening for real. I know the first two points because I was thereā€¦ we were in a 69 position so it went straight into my mouth. Definitely not pee. As for the third pointā€¦ come on. When has porn ever taught anyone about how things really work? Women ejaculate three cups of fluid across the room just like men maintain an 18" erection for three hours. From a physiological standpoint, I canā€™t imagine that a woman could ejaculate more than a man could, and that leaves you with a teaspoon or two. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_Astronaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bad\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-women-really-squirt-when-they-reach-their-orgasm/499805/40 "2009-06-16T22:55:43Z")
> [@Maastricht](#): > > Iā€™m a woman, and I also think Cytheria is an actress and that jet she produces is urine. There is also something called ā€˜orgasmic incontinenceā€™ which is involuntary urination during orgasm. So she could be urinating but not ā€˜fakingā€™ anything. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-women-really-squirt-when-they-reach-their-orgasm/499805.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-women-really-squirt-when-they-reach-their-orgasm/499805.md?page=3)