Call off the search…put down the guide book…cancel the Kamasutra order with Amazon. If you are one of the many men or women thwarted in your attempts to find the sexual holy grail…the G spot… then perhaps you don’t have to feel so bad. This week scientists in England cast doubt on whether the pleasure zone exists at all. So the pressure is off….or is it?

Scientists at King’s College London claim that there is no scientific evidence for the existence of the mysterious G-spot, an erogenous zone named after the German gynaecologist Ernst Gräfenberg. 1,804 British women aged 23-83 were surveyed and whilst 56% of women overall claimed to have a G-spot, they tended to be younger and more sexually active. All those participating in the study were pairs of identical or non-identical twins. If one identical twin reported having a G-spot, this would make it far more likely that her sister would give the same answer. But no such pattern emerged, suggesting the G-spot is a matter of the woman’s subjective opinion.

Andrea Burri, who led the research, said she was anxious to remove feelings of “inadequacy or underachievement” that might affect women who feared they lacked a G-spot. She said: “It is rather irresponsible to claim the existence of an entity that has never really been proven and pressurise women — and men, too.”

Apparently this pressure has led women who feel they are lacking a G-spot to seek plastic surgery to rectify the problem. A Beverly Hills cosmetic surgeon, Dr. David Matlock, has pioneered “G-Spot Amplification” which entails him injecting collagen into the G-Spot region to make it larger and easier to stimulate. The equivalent of lighting it up with a neon sign or giving your partner a map….G marks the spot!  However the procedure has it’s drawbacks…some women reported a G-spot which was so sensitive it led them to orgasm when driving on bumpy roads! A driving hazard if ever there was one…particularly on Irish roads!

Sexuality researcher, Beverly Whipple, has said this latest study is “flawed” and has dismissed it’s results. Whipple helped to popularise the notion of a G-Spot by cataloging the zone in a study of 400 women and writing several books on the topic including “‘The G Spot and Other Discoveries about Human Sexuality” which became an international best seller and was printed in 19 languages.  She pointed to the fact that these researchers have not taken into account the sexual experiences of lesbian or bisexual women and also didn’t consider the effects of different sexual technique.

“The biggest problem with their findings is that twins don’t generally have the same sexual partner,” said Whipple. At least you’d hope they don’t!

So if you plan to leave your Indian Jones hat on and continue the quest for the G-Spot, never fear. There are 334,000 web pages consisting of articles, step-by-step how to guides and even videos to help you on your way. Including this guy who is, in all seriousness, is describing how to find the G-Spot giving measurements in knuckle depth!