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		<title>Science: There is no g-spot, so stop looking for it!</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[In a recent study, 56 percent of the women interviewed in a sample of 1800 claimed that they had a &#8220;g-spot&#8221; which is an area inside the vagina with increased sensitivity with respect to sexual arousal. (Added: See THIS write up of the original research) But a twin study showed that when one twin claimed &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/01/03/science-there-is-no-g-spot-so/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Science: There is no g-spot, so stop looking for it!</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In a recent study, 56 percent of the women interviewed in a sample of 1800 claimed that they had a &#8220;g-spot&#8221; which is an area inside the vagina with increased sensitivity with respect to sexual arousal.</p>
<p>(Added:  See<a href="http://scienceblogs.com/neurotopia/2010/01/friday_weird_science_the_reali.php"> THIS write up</a> of the original research)<br />
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But a twin study showed that when one twin claimed whether or not to have a g-spot, the other twin did not make the same claim at the frequency one would expect if the g-spot was the expression of a genetic trait with straight forward Mendelian inheritance.</p>
<p>Therefore, the scientists conclude,  the g-spot does not exist. At all.</p>
<p>How can this be? How can 56 percent of the women in a study claim that they have one, but there simply isn&#8217;t one?</p>
<p>There are several possibilities, including:</p>
<p>1) There is no g-spot and these 900 or so women only think they have one. But they don&#8217;t.</p>
<p>2) The g-spot is not a simple Mendelian genetic trait, but rather, exists because of some combination of genetics and environment.  This is a family blog so we won&#8217;t discuss what is meant here by &#8220;environment.&#8221;</p>
<p>3) The g-spot is a thing &#8230; trying to be not specific here about what it is &#8230; that is real, but does not exist in any way because of genetics.</p>
<p>What do you think?</p>
<p>My source is <a href="http://www.heraldsun.com.au/lifestyle/the-other-side/mysterious-g-spot-just-a-myth-study/story-e6frfhk6-1225815737655">this press report</a>, hat tip to Virgil Samms, who noted that perhaps it is just that <em>twins</em> don&#8217;t have g-spots.</p>
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