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French correct British scientists: G spot does exist

telegraph.co.uk

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Shorter version:

Brits: we have a controlled study showing no genetic correlation of g-spot reports, suggesting it may not exist.

Frenchies: we have a bunch of anecdotes suggesting it does exist, and anyone who disagrees is exhibiting "medical machismo".

The "Frenchies" also claims its effects is observable in scans, which is quite a bit more than just saying "we have a bunch of anecdotes".

More importantly their criticism centers on the Brits relying on self-reporting based on subjective experiences in trying (or not trying) to locate it, and an assumption that if the g-spot is real, only some women would have it.

If the g-spot is real, and all women have it, but some factor other than genetics determines whether or not they'll find it or not, and be able to stimulate it or not, then the British study falls apart.

It's true that the British study fails if g-spot sensitivity (whatever that means) is uncorrelated to genetics. That's a legitimate critique of the study.

However, the claim that they've seen the g-spot on scans is silly, at least based on the pubmed literature I've found. Several different studies, each with a small sample size, observe different physical features they interpret to be a g-spot.

To claim it's been observed is nothing but data mining.

article is more or less empty of any useful info, but the title is something..

Reminds me of an interview with that Brit director who directed "The Body in Question" documentary. We was talking about doing some Public Service spots about HIV in both Britain and France.

In France, his spot involved showing naked bodies, though no full faces or naughty bits showing. Lots of sexiness. But there was to be no mention of how horrible a disease AIDS was and all the terrible things it could do.

In Britain, the spot involved lots of talk about AIDS and the horrible things it might do, but there was not to be any kind of sexiness in it at all!

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