Sexes: In Search of a Perfect G

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Dr. Malcolm Freeman, a sex therapist and professor of gynecology at Emory University in Atlanta, disagrees: "It's very clear that the spot exists. Some women have a small tissue buildup, a remnant of prostate vestige." He adds that the authors' additional claim—that a stimulated G spot may secrete a fluid—should serve to alleviate the anxiety of women who notice unexpected secretions during orgasm. "In the years before I was aware of the G spot," he says, "I saw about one patient a year who came to me very anxious because she seemed to be urinating during orgasm. She usually thought she needed bladder repair, but the patient was urged not to worry; there was no dysfunction."

Still, the evidence in the book is less suited to convince most professionals than it is to produce a new hunt for high-tech sexual pleasure, and possible frustration. "A lot of women are going to be upset if they can't find it," 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 on.