Beverly Whipple is an American sexologist who is Professor Emerita at

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and a professional author. She is a co-author of the publication '' The G Spot and Other Recent Discoveries About Human Sexuality.''

Career

Following a career in

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, much of her academic work has been concerned with the enhancement of female sexual function. In 1981, she was co-author of Frank Addiego et al., "

Female ejaculation Female ejaculation is characterized as an expulsion of fluid from the Skene's gland at the lower end of the urethra during or before an orgasm. It is also known colloquially as squirting or gushing, although research indicates that female ejacu ...

: a case study." The paper was presented in '' The Journal of Sex Research'' and includes the first published instance of the term " G-Spot".

Publications

Following the book, Whipple continued to publicize her work, including a 9 min video made in 1981 ''Orgasmic Expulsions of Fluid in the Sexually Stimulated Female''. In 1984, the ''Journal of Sex Research'' described the debate surrounding female ejaculation as 'heated'. Whipple was a co-author of the paper "Who's Afraid of the G-spot?". This was a review by six scientists who looked at the available literature to investigate the phenomena known as the G-Spot. It was published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine which concluded that more research was required. Her techniques include using fMRI scans to gather evidence on what is happening in the brain. Her animal experiments contributed to the isolation of the

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and the discovery that

orgasm Orgasm (from Greek , ; "excitement, swelling"), sexual climax, or simply climax, is the sudden release of accumulated sexual excitement during the sexual response cycle, characterized by intense sexual pleasure resulting in rhythmic, involu ...

s can be rerouted to the brain via the

vagus nerve The vagus nerve, also known as the tenth cranial nerve (CN X), plays a crucial role in the autonomic nervous system, which is responsible for regulating involuntary functions within the human body. This nerve carries both sensory and motor fibe ...

without using the spinal cord, thus enabling females with

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to achieve orgasm by psychological stimulation alone.

Books

The following is a list of books that have been written or co-written by Whipple. *'' The G Spot: And Other Recent Discoveries About Human Sexuality'' (1982) with Alice Khan Ladas and John D. Perry *''Safe Encounters: How Women Can Say Yes to Pleasure and No to Unsafe Sex'' (1989) with Gina Ogden *''Smart Women, Strong Bones'' (2000) with Ronda Gates *''Outwitting Osteoporosis: The Smart Woman's Guide To Bone Health'' (2003) with Ronda Gates *''The G Spot: And Other Discoveries About Human Sexuality'' (2005) with Alice Khan Ladas and John D. Perry *'' The Science of Orgasm'' (2006) with Barry R. Komisaruk and Carlos Beyer-Flores *''Women's Sexualities: Generations of Women Share Intimate Secrets of Sexual Self-Acceptance'' (2006) with Carol Rinkleib Ellison *'' The Orgasm Answer Guide'' (2009) with Barry Komisaruk, Sara Nasserzadeh and Carlos Beyer-Flores

References

External links

Ernst Gräfenberg: From Berlin to New York
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