Have you all heard about the latest gyno-instigated nightmare for women, the G-Shot?  (Since I'm not on the list-serve for Misogyny Daily, I didn't hear about this until recently.)  I hesitate to even link to this site, but you need to see what's out there from the source. This procedure involves injecting collagen into a small area of your vagina behind your pubic bone, or the infamous "G-spot." The idea behind the procedure is to "plump it up" and make it easier to stimulate during intercourse.

How does the doctor find this spot for the injection, especially if you've never had a partner successfully locate it? You find it, undressed on the exam table. In all my experience, most of my patients are nervous enough half-naked in the exam room--so this doc thinks he can ask a woman to finger herself and try to find the place that gets her most aroused, while he watches? That smacks of voyeurism at best, and I'm not sure it's even possible for any of us to find such a spot in that circumstance. And that's if the spot even exists in the first place, which is still very controversial.

My reaction to the G-Shot as a doctor: this procedure has never been tested in clinical trials, so we have no idea if it ever really works, or what kind of women or conditions it is best for. (For those who would argue that "good" therapies don't need trials, I have one word: leeches.) What's more, with any procedure or product that promises greater sex, there's a strong possibility of a placebo effect--you really want to get something for your $2,000.  And all of this uncertainty comes with a mountain of risks associated with the injection. Hmm, hematoma, fistula, scarring, necrosis...it's turning me on right now.  

My reaction to the G-Shot as a doctor who has a vagina: all of this focus on the vagina and the elusive G-spot pull the attention away from the clitoris, the certified center of our orgasmic universe. Sexual gratification doesn't come from the vagina in most women--many of us find pleasure in penetration but not enough to bring us to climax. So whose sexual pleasure is the G-Shot really increasing here? Hint: it's not yours. This procedure perpetuates the mythical standard of the "instant orgasm" that comes with intercourse alone for women. I think some men will try anything to lessen confusion in bed (penetration = pleasure is an easy equation) when what they need is a little more direction ("clit camp" anyone?).

Some women who have had this procedure will give testimony that their sex life really does improve. I don't think they're lying, but perhaps it's not the injection itself, but the greater amount of attention that women and their partners are paying attention to her body and her pleasure. Which makes me think--is it possible to get the benefits of this procedure from a little more time in bed, a little more foreplay, and a little more thinking that we really are sexy and beautiful? You know, the old fashion ways that don't cost anything. What do you think?