What is squirting?
“Squirting is a function similar to urination where liquid is expelled from the bladder,” says Shawntres A. Parks, Ph.D., licensed marriage and family therapist and co-founder of
Parks & Powers Psychotherapy. It involves a decent about of liquid—10 milliliters or more, Hartman says.
Squirt is “odorless and tasteless,” Parks says.
Squirting is not female ejaculation, though. “Female ejaculate is a thick milky substance that is emitted from paraurethral glands, also known as Skene’s glands, or the female prostate,” Hartman says. “It’s a very small amount, typically about one milliliter.” Sometimes squirt can contain prostate-specific antigen (PSA), an enzyme found in female ejaculate. “That suggests female ejaculation and squirting can happen at the same time,” Hartman says.
Is squirting pee?
No, squirting is not pee, although some people who squirt may wonder if they peed themselves, says
Rachel Needle, Psy.D., a licensed psychologist in West Palm Beach, Florida, and co-director of Modern Sex Therapy Institutes.
“It does originate from the bladder,” Hartman says. “However, it’s unknown if the chemical makeup is the same as urine, or if it’s a diluted version.”
From your article, we’ve learned that
- It comes from the bladder
- Fluid originating from the Skenes glands, aka the only other anatomical structure that produces fluid, is very little
- This doctor doesn’t want to outright say it’s urine…but it comes from the bladder in large amounts
