By LINDA A. JOHNSON
Associated Press Writer
March 2, 2007, 12:42 PM EST
VOORHEES, N.J. — Sexuality researcher Beverly Whipple made her name a quarter century ago popularizing the “G spot,” the elusive female erogenous zone, but she has a different message these days: Move on.
“There’s so many ways that women can have sexual pleasure,” Whipple said. “We can’t deny the experiences of women. We have to validate them.”
Lesson number one: The biggest sexual organ really is the brain.
The longtime Rutgers University nursing school professor officially retired about five years ago, but still keeps a hectic schedule, doing research, writing, giving interviews and jetting off to speak at sexuality and women’s health conferences around the globe.
Her most recent book, “The Science of Orgasm,” co-written with Rutgers neuroscientist Barry Komisaruk and Mexican endocrinologist Carlos Beyer-Flores, explores how the brain produces orgasms and the complex biological processes involved.
It documents groundbreaking work showing that, contrary to what doctors tell them, some women with spinal cord injuries can still climax. Whipple said women with such injuries who were still experiencing orgasm came to her for support, so she began a study of others with the same injury. (more…)
