Summary: Join us on a hunt for the elusive G-spot. Our guides: Prof. Beverly Whipple, who introduced America to the G-spot in the 1980s, and Prof. Helen O’Connell, a urologist and expert on female sexual anatomy. <br><br><br><strong>Credits</strong>This episode has been produced by Heather Rogers, Caitlin Kenney, Austin Mitchell, and Kaitlyn Sawrey. Edited by Annie-Rose Strasser and Alex Blumberg. Fact Checking by Michelle Harris.Production Assistance by Dr Diane Wu & Shruti Ravindran. Extra thanks to Lola Pellegrino, Andres Montoya Castillo, Rose Reid, Radio National’s Science Show -- <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/">they make a podcast</a>. It’s great.<br>Sound design and music production by Matthew Boll, mixed by Martin Peralta. Music written by Bobby Lord.And be sure to check out our producer Austin Mitchell’s podcast <a href="http://profiles.nyc/">Profiles:NYC</a>. <br><strong>Selected References</strong><ul> <li> <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/3812358?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents">1981 study identifying G-spot in 47 women . . . but not confirming that it leads to orgasm</a> <em>Perry and Whipple, “Pelvic Muscle Strength of Female Ejaculators: Evidence in Support of a New Theory of Orgasm,” The Journal of Sex Research, 1981. Note: not freely available. </em> </li> <li> <a href="http://ac.els-cdn.com/S0022534701631884/1-s2.0-S0022534701631884-main.pdf?_tid=150e5292-7054-11e6-ab36-00000aab0f6b&acdnat=1472741891_fd982fcb8b61a9b94cd464ceb94ac779">Report of the first modern dissection of the clitoris</a> <em>O’Connell et al, “Anatomical relationship between urethra and clitoris,” Journal of Urology, 1998.</em> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1283096/pdf/nihms3946.pdf">Everything besides the clitoris is just a shade of gray in the MRI</a> <em>O’Connell et al, “Clitoral anatomy in nulliparous, healthy, premenopausal volunteers using unenhanced magnetic resonance imaging,” Journal of Urology, 2005. </em> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/7616832_Anatomy_of_the_Clitoris">Comprehensive account of clitoris anatomy</a> <em>O’Connell et al, “Anatomy of the clitoris,” Journal of Urology, 2005.</em> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.nature.com/nrurol/journal/v11/n9/full/nrurol.2014.193.html">Review of research on the G-Spot and cliteralurethrovaginal complex</a> <em>Jannini et al, “Beyond the G-Spot: clitourethrovaginal complex anatomy in female orgasm,” Nature Reviews Urology, 2014. Note: not freely available. </em> </li> </ul>
