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The G Spot – that near-mythical area inside the vagina famed for producing mind-blowing non-clitoral orgasms – has for the first time been seen by scientists. But whether or not you can find yours may depend on your anatomy, not your skills.

New Scientist reports that women who have experienced vaginal orgasms have thicker tissue between their urethra and vagina than women who have only had orgasms as a result of clitoral stimulation. This thicker tissue is thought to be ‘the G spot’.

The term G spot, coined by Ernest Gräfenberg in 1950, refers to an area a few centimetres up inside the vaginal wall, on the side closest to the clitoris. It is often described as having a ’spongy’ feeling to the touch.

Emmanuele Jannini of the University of L’Aquila in Italy used ultrasound to scan the vaginal areas of nine women who had experienced vaginal orgasms and 11 women who had not. Jannini is convinced that the thicker tissue is the cause of vaginal orgasms, explaining “women without any visible evidence of a G spot cannot have a vaginal orgasm.”

If Jannini’s team have indeed found the G spot, the research does not indicate whether the G spot is an internal part of the clitoris or a distinct structure. The tissue containing the area of the G spot is rich in blood vessels, muscle fibres, nerves and Skene’s glands, the female equivalent of the male prostate gland. Some researchers have suggested that it is these Skene’s glands which help trigger vaginal orgasms, and in some cases, enable women to ejaculate.

Not all researchers are convinced by Jannini’s findings, however. Some scientists argue that rather than being proof that some women are born with a G spot and some are born without it, the thicker tissue might indicate that women can train themselves to experience vaginal orgasms, altering their anatomy in the process – in the same way that exercising a muscle can make it change shape.

Beverly Whipple of Rutger’s University School of Nursing in Newark is also somewhat skeptical. “It is an interesting study, but it doesn’t necessarily mean that women who don’t experience [vaginal] orgasm don’t have tissue there,” said Whipple, a leading G spot expert. Whipple’s work in G spot research indicates that the G spot area swells in response to physical pressure. She suggests that if women are asked to stimulate themselves and then scanned with ultrasound, the researchers may discover that all of the women have thicker urethrovaginal tissue, and therefore G spots.

Women who have never experienced a vaginal orgasm and who think that they may not have a G spot should not despair, believes Jannini. “They can still have a normal orgasm through stimulation of the clitoris,” he says. Indeed, Jannini believes that his study should reassure women that they are normal: “One clear finding is that each woman is different. This is one reason why women are so interesting.”

Separate research published in 2002 suggested that drugs such as Viagra could work for women with large G spots, as the area contains many of the enzymes that the drugs act on.

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