# Women and "squirting", what's the straight dope? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 25, 2017, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-squirting-whats-the-straight-dope/787391 "2017-05-25T01:50:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-squirting-whats-the-straight-dope/787391/1 "2017-05-25T01:50:40Z")
The phenomenon of women “squirting” or shooting a mystery substance out of their ?urethras? or vaginas during sex is one that I do not understand. What is this substance that comes gushing out and where does it come from? Watching porn with squirting, I’ve seen large amounts of this liquid coming out of the woman. I guess I just can’t understand how this stuff _isn’t_ just urine? I know there are many women who _swear_ it’s not pee. But where is this liquid stored in the female body? Is there a secret “squirting bladder” that is stimulated sexually? Or is this stuff really just pee? ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-squirting-whats-the-straight-dope/787391/2 "2017-05-25T02:03:42Z")
The [Master](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2420/whats-in-female-ejaculate), of course, has addressed this mystery ---
**Author:** ![Dickerman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@Dickerman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dickerman)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-squirting-whats-the-straight-dope/787391/3 "2017-05-25T02:04:34Z")
> **[What's the latest dope on female "squirting?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=612297)** > > Need answer fast. 😃 Just kidding, but this has been the topic of conversation with many different folks lately. Now, let me lay down what I know to be fact about women “squirting” and you can correct me where I’m wrong: \[ul\] \[li\]The liquid comes... > **[NSFW Question: Squirting](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=629767)** > > Okay. I have become aware that one of my friends claims to be a squirter\*. Based on conversations with her partner, this appears to involve prodigious amounts of urine being dumped on her partner. Urine, of course, is hot, smells like urine, and... > **[What’s in female ejaculate?](https://www.straightdope.com/21343551/what-s-in-female-ejaculate)** > **[Can women really squirt when they reach their orgasm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=521133)** > > This is a serious question and not kind of porno stuff. Thanks for your understanding > **[High-Speed Female Ejaculation](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=244532)** > > My question relates to Cecil’s column on female ejaculation: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/021025.html Now, I’m asking this question on the basis that female ejaculation is a real phenomenon and that the ejaculate, normally, is not urine. If... > **[The "squirting" debate](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=747907)** > > Well I almost can’t believe that this is my first thread, but I feel like sharing just a little TMI. No, it is not urine. Perhaps just a small amount comes out during the initial squirt, but none after. It is void of color, odor and taste. IMO, and... > **[Female Ejactulation-Truth or Myth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=69185)** > > During a drunken Girl’s Night Out the topic of female ejactulation came up. To be specific-a few of us have,during an intense orgasm,released some fluid through the urethra. I always thought it was urine and blamed my diabetes for it. One of the... ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-squirting-whats-the-straight-dope/787391/4 "2017-05-25T02:09:08Z")
> [@steatopygia](#): > > The [Master](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2420/whats-in-female-ejaculate), of course, has addressed this mystery Thanks for the link. However, it seems that this question remains largely unanswered. More studies need to be done. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-squirting-whats-the-straight-dope/787391/5 "2017-05-25T02:16:24Z")
> [@Dickerman](#): > > [What's the latest dope on female "squirting?" - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=612297) > [NSFW Question: Squirting - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=629767) > [What’s in female ejaculate? - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2420/whats-in-female-ejaculate) > [Can women really squirt when they reach their orgasm? - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=521133) > [High-Speed Female Ejaculation - Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=244532) > [The "squirting" debate - In My Humble Opinion - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=747907) > [Female Ejactulation-Truth or Myth? - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=69185) I see this has been discussed here once or twice before. 😉 The search function doesn’t work for me or else I would have searched before posting. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-squirting-whats-the-straight-dope/787391/6 "2017-05-25T02:18:44Z")
A subsequent question I have is, is squirting more or less enjoyable than standard orgasms? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-squirting-whats-the-straight-dope/787391/7 "2017-05-25T02:22:22Z")
One of the threads had a study that examined women who squirt and it was found to be essentially urine being pushed out during sex. ---
**Author:** ![Dickerman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@Dickerman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dickerman)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-squirting-whats-the-straight-dope/787391/8 "2017-05-25T02:30:51Z")
It seems like a very simple experiment would clear this up (at least the urine question), given a urethral catheter, someone to place it, and a willing and capable subject. ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-squirting-whats-the-straight-dope/787391/9 "2017-05-25T02:34:41Z")
The easiest way I have found to search is to click on the first link in ATMB “HOWTO search SDMB using Google”. Then, add the phrase to be searched to the end of the search box. ---
**Author:** ![Mavic\_Chen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mavic\_Chen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mavic_Chen)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-squirting-whats-the-straight-dope/787391/10 "2017-05-25T09:42:55Z")
Use Google indexing, in the Google search box type **site:straightdope.com** followed by the string you’re searching for, eg: **site:straightdope.com squirting** ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-squirting-whats-the-straight-dope/787391/11 "2017-05-25T10:43:57Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Thanks for the link. However, it seems that this question remains largely unanswered. More studies need to be done. Get busy writing up your research proposal. There’s grant money out there! ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-squirting-whats-the-straight-dope/787391/12 "2017-05-25T23:32:02Z")
> [@Dickerman](#): > > It seems like a very simple experiment would clear this up (at least the urine question), given a urethral catheter, someone to place it, and a willing and capable subject. I’m on my phone at the moment, but I recall that the experiment has been done and it is not pee. The liquid is produced by the Skene’s gland and is no more urine than semen is. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2017, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-squirting-whats-the-straight-dope/787391/13 "2017-05-25T23:38:28Z")
Or rather, there is _a_ liquid produced by the Skene’s gland and which is not urine. But urination during orgasm also exists, and is a lot more prominent and voluminous. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-squirting-whats-the-straight-dope/787391/14 "2017-05-25T23:38:49Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > I’m on my phone at the moment, but I recall that the experiment has been done and it is not pee. The liquid is produced by the Skene’s gland and is no more urine than semen is. The study found in the links comes to the opposite conclusion. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-squirting-whats-the-straight-dope/787391/15 "2017-05-25T23:41:42Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > A subsequent question I have is, is squirting more or less enjoyable than standard orgasms? From self-reported anecdotal data and errr ad hoc experimental results (:p) : no, it seems to be the other way around. Squirting tends to happen when the orgasm itself is above average. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-squirting-whats-the-straight-dope/787391/16 "2017-05-26T01:02:17Z")
Here’s a nice study of 7 women who reported they regularly experienced recurrent and massive fluid emission during sexual stimulation: [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jsm.12799/full](http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jsm.12799/full) Their conclusion, after rigorous study involving ultrasonographic bladder monitoring and biochemical analyses indicate that **squirting is essentially the involuntary emission of urine during sexual activity, although a marginal contribution of prostatic secretions to the emitted fluid often exists**. Frankly, I think that pretty well settles the question. Yes, yes, the study only had 7 women in it, but all 7 of them clearly were passing urine during their sexual fluid emission experiences, and frankly there’s no other place besides the bladder where such a large volume of fluid is going to be coming from. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-squirting-whats-the-straight-dope/787391/17 "2017-05-26T01:21:36Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Here’s a nice study of 7 women who reported they regularly experienced recurrent and massive fluid emission during sexual stimulation: [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jsm.12799/full](http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jsm.12799/full) > > Their conclusion, after rigorous study involving ultrasonographic bladder monitoring and biochemical analyses indicate that **squirting is essentially the involuntary emission of urine during sexual activity, although a marginal contribution of prostatic secretions to the emitted fluid often exists**. > > Frankly, I think that pretty well settles the question. > > Yes, yes, the study only had 7 women in it, but all 7 of them clearly were passing urine during their sexual fluid emission experiences, and frankly there’s no other place besides the bladder where such a large volume of fluid is going to be coming from. Yep. This is the study that is in one of the links ?Dickerman? posted. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-squirting-whats-the-straight-dope/787391/18 "2017-05-26T02:33:40Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Here’s a nice study of 7 women who reported they regularly experienced recurrent and massive fluid emission during sexual stimulation: [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jsm.12799/full](http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jsm.12799/full) > > Their conclusion, after rigorous study involving ultrasonographic bladder monitoring and biochemical analyses indicate that **squirting is essentially the involuntary emission of urine during sexual activity, although a marginal contribution of prostatic secretions to the emitted fluid often exists**. > > Frankly, I think that pretty well settles the question. > > Yes, yes, the study only had 7 women in it, but all 7 of them clearly were passing urine during their sexual fluid emission experiences, and frankly there’s no other place besides the bladder where such a large volume of fluid is going to be coming from. > [@Ambivalid](#): > > Yep. This is the study that is in one of the links ?Dickerman? posted. The original study link was provided by **Leo Bloom** in a 2015 thread. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18086575&postcount=129](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18086575&postcount=129) [Soylent Green]Squirting is URINE![/Soylent Green] ---
**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-squirting-whats-the-straight-dope/787391/19 "2017-05-26T02:56:02Z")
I didn’t click all of the links, so forgive me if I’m being redundant. There was a study done years ago with people having intercourse in a fMRI or similar diagnostic scanner. It seems that, for some women, at least, intense genital stimulation can cause a copious amount of very dilute fluid (urine, if you must) to be passed from the kidneys to the bladder in a short amount of time. Further stimulation can cause pleasurable release of said fluid. I’m ignoring, for the time being, any input (or output, as you will) from the Skene’s glands. So, is it pee? Not exactly. Not in the usual sense. Women (from many reports, scientific or no) who experience this seem to have it, even if they’ve voided just a few minutes prior to intercourse. It seems to be a (physiologically) deliberate, sexually-stimulated reaction. As far as the sensations, I can only say that it is reported 😉 as great, but somehow different from a standard orgasm. Some women might like to have both sorts in an extended sexual encounter. Bottom line is, from my, er, research…it isn’t like stress-induced incontinence. It’s an interesting thing that can happen if the right buttons are pushed. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-squirting-whats-the-straight-dope/787391/20 "2017-05-26T11:03:02Z")
So, back to the laboratory. Now, where’d I leave my safety goggles? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-squirting-whats-the-straight-dope/787391.md?page=2)