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Harvey hopes his advice puts a spotlight on this issue. Often considered mythical, the existence of the G-spot has been a topic of controversy for some time. Named after the physician who first argued for its importance in female pleasure, the Grafenberg spot is considered to be the area on the front wall of the vagina located about two inches in from the opening. Although research has not revealed a particular abundance of nerves surrounding this area, some women will attest to the existence of the G-spot as an erotically sensitive area...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Help Me, Harvey! | 3/10/2006 | See Source »

...fact, the author of the journal's piece, a sexologist named Heli Alzate, says that his own studies show no evidence of any such sexually sensitive tissue in the vaginal wall where the G spot is alleged to be. These are dark days for G spotologists, my dear. Ernst Grafenberg discovered his spot in the late '40s. But after many exhausting years in the lab stimulating all those hired prostitutes and cutting up all those cadavers, there's still no convincing evidence. But then, sexology is not an exact science. Who says sexologists should be able to locate a major...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexes: On the Trail of the Big O | 3/3/1986 | See Source »

...says Midge Wilson, a social psychologist and a firm believer in the G spot. Adds Marriage Counselor Marion Holtzer of Chicago: "It's going to be like the Grail." Concludes Therese Baker, chairman of DePaul University's sociology department: "It's less interesting whether the Grafenberg spot is there than that people want to search for it." That is what The G Spot's authors surely can bank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexes: In Search of a Perfect G | 9/13/1982 | See Source »

...insertion of wire required dilatation of the cervix, but Dr. Gräfenberg reported few complications and fewer unwanted pregnancies. Yet when other doctors decided to follow his example, there were many complaints-mainly excessive bleeding and inflammation in the pelvis. The rings fell into disrepute. After Dr. Grafenberg settled in the U.S. in 1940, he gave up the use of IUCDS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gynecology: Intra-Uterine Devices: A New Era in Birth Control? | 7/31/1964 | See Source »

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