The G-spot 'is a fantasy': That elusive erogenous zone doesn't exist, say researchers

You can call off the search, chaps – the G-spot may not exist after all.

Researchers who studied 1,800 women have found no evidence of the female erogenous zone.

They believe that it may be a figment of women's imagination, encouraged by magazines and sex therapists.

They add that the 'myth' has made many men and women feel inadequate about their sex lives.

Subjective: British scientists claim the G-spot may not exist at all

The G-spot is supposed to be a small area of the female body where nerve endings are concentrated. If activated by a sexual partner, it is supposed to give supreme sexual pleasure.

Sex therapists have made careers out of telling women they can boost their G-spot through diet or exercise.

But the study of British women at King's College London has cast doubt on the science behind it.

Co-author Tim Spector, professor of genetic epidemiology, said: 'Women may argue that having a G-spot is due to diet or exercise, but in fact it is virtually impossible to find real traits.



'This is by far the biggest study ever carried out and it shows fairly conclusively that the idea of a G-spot is subjective.'

Andrea Burri, the other author, said she was concerned that women who feared they lacked a G-spot were suffering from feelings of 'inadequacy or underachievement'.

She said: 'It is rather irresponsible to claim the existence of an entity that has never been proven and pressurise women – and men too.'

In the study, 1,804 women aged between 23 and 83 filled in questionnaires. All were pairs of identical or non-identical twins.

If a G-spot did exist, it would be expected that both identical twins, who have the same genes, would report having one.

But in cases where one twin reported having the zone, the scientists found that no pattern emerged of the other one having it.

In fact, identical twins were no more likely to share a G-spot than non-identical twins, who only share half their genes.

Some 56 per cent of women said they had a G-spot, but they tended to be younger and more sexually active.

Gedis Grudzinskas, consultant gynaecologist at London Bridge Hospital, said: 'I think this study proves the difference between popular science and biological or anatomical science.'

Popularised: The location of the purported G Spot, which became well known in the 1980s

The idea of the G-spot was popularised by sexologist Professor Beverly Whipple of Rutgers University in New Jersey in 1981.

It was named in honour of German gynaecologist Ernst Grafenberg who claimed to have discovered the erogenous zone in 1950.



Professor Whipple says she found G-spots in a study of 400 women, and described the new British study as 'flawed'.



She said it did not look at lesbians and failed to take into account the prowess of different men.



She said: 'The biggest problem with the findings is that twins don't generally have the same sexual partner.'



The British study will be published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine this week.



