There are many times that we use acronyms without asking what they are replacing.Some are so common and their meaning so clear that there does not seem to be an explanation behind, but it is not so, and that's why in Lifestyle we have asked ourselves: Why is it called Point G? And we have found the answer!
Why is it called Point G?
Since the acronyms are formed with the initial letter or grapheme of each of the words that compose it, we already have a clue.The G of «Point G» comes from a single word that begins with that spelling.
Between the 1940s and 1950s, a gynecologist of German origin called Ernst Grafenberg studied the urethra and the role it could play in female orgasm.investigations, described an "erotic zone" in the inner part of the vagina following the course of the urethra. The gynecologist claimed that its existence It was perfectly demonstrable.However, it was the Dr.Frank Addiego and his team, in 1981 , who first called that specific area "G-spot" in honor of Dr.Grafenberg. In 1982 , the term was widely popularized by Alice Kahn Ladas, Beverly Whipple and John Perry in their book «The G-spot and other recent discoveries about sexuality human ».The existence of Point G has been for more than 60 years a very controversial issue , although currently most researchers conclude that the area described by Grafenberg really exists.

The life of Dr.Grafenber was about to finish, before discovering Point G, because of the Nazi regime , since it was of Jewish origin .Grafenber, as a doctor, was there participated in the First World War obtaining the Iron Cross of First and Second Class and was also the gynecologist preferred by women of the Nazi high positions and perhaps for these two reasons felt safe .that he was expelled from his post at the hospital, ignored the warnings and continued to practice his profession.In 1939 he was removed from medicine and arrested .1940, the activist in favor of birth control Margareth Sanger managed to rescue him and move him to the US where he continued to practice his profession.It is interesting to mention that the study in which he discovered the so-called "G-spot" led him to the creation of the "Grafenberg ring" which was the first intrauterine device or IUD.

If you were interested in this article, you may want to read the post: Infanticide, abortion and contraception in Ancient Greece.
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