The nature of squirt raises eyebrows, with some wondering if it's a pee or not. An expert claimed that the answer is both a "yes" and a "no."
Is Squirt Pee?
Squirting may seem like the last unexplored sticky territory in sexual activity, largely because it is rarely discussed outside of the pornographic community. It's improbable that you learned about squirting in your health class, so it makes sense that you have questions.
Squirting is the involuntary discharge of fluid during intercourse. In fact, it's possible that everything you may have seen in porn does not really depict what squirting looks like.
According to Dr. Brandye Wilson-Manigat, obstetrician and gynecologist and CEO of Brio Virtual Gynecology in California, US, pornography may have inflated the volume and force of the fluid expelled during squirting for cinematic impact, per Flo.
Gigi Engle, a certified sex educator for 3Fun, said squirt is a complicated thing to explain. According to her, it's the female version of ejaculation. However, it doesn't happen to every woman, Cosmopolitan reported.
Engle noted that squirt comes from the urethra, so there are chances that it's pee. However, squirt is not exactly the same thing as urine.
She noted that one doesn't squirt, just like when they are about to pee. One only squirts during sexual activity, and it's the liquid that one releases during sexual stimulation.
She noted that "squirting is squirting, and peeing is peeing." She added that both are natural things that happen to human bodies and should not be a cause for concern. Instead, she encouraged women to enjoy it.
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What is Squirt Made Of? Is Squirting Urine?
Scientists have discovered evidence suggesting women who "squirt" are releasing one of two different types of liquid-pure urine, and the other is a mixture of urine and fluid from the female prostate gland.
The ejaculate begins in a woman's bladder and is largely made up of urine, according to research done by French scientists back in 2015. They were the first to observe the unexplained occurrence using ultrasound scans, ScienceAlert reported.
A small group of seven healthy women who reported "recurrent and massive fluid emission" in response to sexual stimulation was studied by the team, which was led by gynecologist Samuel Salama of the Parly II private hospital in Le Chesnay. At the point of climax, it's not unusual for women to experience a small amount of milky white fluid flowing from their urethra. Still, the act of "squirting" enough liquid to fill a drinking glass is rather uncommon.
The milky white fluid may originate from Skene glands, which are microscopic organs that leak into the urethra, according to a few modest studies, said Helen Thomson for New Scientist.
The specific purpose of these glands is unknown, although some medical professionals think they resemble the male prostate despite the fact that women's glands differ substantially in size and structure from men's.
It's a safe assumption to believe it's urine because the researchers had already established that it was coming from the bladder. Prostatic-specific antigen (PSA), an enzyme, was detected in trace levels in the ejaculated urine of these individuals.
According to Thomson, PSA is primarily produced by the Skene glands in females, but it is more frequently connected with the male ejaculate in men, where its presence aids sperm in swimming.
Thus, during an orgasm, females can ejaculate simple urine or urine that secretions from the female prostate gland have diluted.
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