She is mobbed by women who want to know more about their sexuality wherever she goes. ‘‘What can I do to make my partner sexually happy?’’, ‘‘What are vibrators?’’, ‘‘What are the other modes of pleasurable self-stimulation?’’. And these were the FAQs (frequently asked questions) from women above 35 hailing from countries like Indonesia, India and Pakistan!
Meet Dr Beverly Whipple, the lady who solved the G-puzzle. Thousands of women worldwide have debated and fretted over the spot, or Grafenberg spot, a near-legendary source of sexual pleasure that is actually the female prostrate gland.
Whipple was the first to call it the G-spot. And she is in Pune for a presentation on Sensuality and Sexuality organised by the Maritosexual and Reproductive Research Institute at Tilak Smarak Mandir on Saturday.
Co-author of the international best-seller, The G-Spot and Other Recent Discoveries about Human Sexuality, Whipple documented orgasmic responses in women that eventually led to the definition of not only the G-spot, but also the true meaning of sexual health.
‘‘I want to help people feel good about their sexual experiences. It may not be about achieving an orgasm or female ejaculation - that is goal oriented sex — but pleasure can be derived from a caress of the hand and warm cuddle.’’
Whipple’s book has been translated into 19 languages and will be re-published as a Classic in January 2005. She has spent a lifetime researching, writing and speaking about sexual health. So much so, her research on pleasurable responses from women with spinal chord injuries shows them to experience not just orgasm from imagery, but physical pleasure too.
Whipple, whose has written widely on topics such Sexuality and Safer Sex for Young Adults, Love and Sex Over Fifty and Communicating for Intimacy, is concerned about the US government’s role in suppressing information about sexuality at schools. ‘‘Teenagers are curious about sex and it is important to educate them,’’ she says.
On Saturday, Whipple will be accompanied by Dr R S Sathe, sexologist and author of Kama-Tantra: Prem Tantra, who will also make a presentation.