Books have been written about it, and lots of couples have had fun trying to find it. Now a research team from King’s College London claims the G-spot does not exist.

A study of 1,800 women published in the Journal Of Sexual Medicine  found no proof of the G-spot’s existence.

Perhaps we should feel a little confused.

The Gräfenberg Spot, or G-Spot, was described  in 1944 and is said to sit in the front wall. Yet in 2008,  Italian scientists claimed they could locate it using ultrasound scans.

Was this simply researchers wishful thinking?

Their study, from the University of L’Aquila and published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine used ultrasound to scan nine women who claimed they could experience vaginal orgasm, and 11 who could not.

The Italians claimed evidence of a thicker wall of tissue between the urethra and vagina at the point where the G-spot would sit. Women who lacked the extra nerve endings contained in this tissue, were physically unable to experience a G-spot inspired elusive orgasm.

So who do you believe? The ‘no Sex please we’re British’, or the amorous Italians?

Either way, G-Spot research has spawned a a lot of money for some.

Beverly Whipple, now Professor Emeritus at Rutgers University, authored  The G-Spot, that sold  600,000 copies and really got us talking.

Then there was Understanding The G Spot by Donald L. Hicks, and The G-Spot PlayGuide: 7 Simple Steps To G-Spot Heaven! by Kim Switnicki.

Go to Amazon and you will find The Smart Girls Guide to Finding Your G-Spot and a whole host of devices claiming to help you find your sexual El Dorado.

In the US there’s even G-spot enhancement surgery, where a cosmetic surgeon injects collagen into your vagina to make it more sensitive.

Into a spot that doesn’t exist it seems.

So what does this mean for the pursuit of female sexual pleasure?

Did belief in the G-Spot cause men to think that if they pushed the right button the girl would melt? Whether, this encourages cheap sexual thrills.

“Most so-called ‘sex experts’, including me,” says Flic Everett “have a few key phrases in their armoury of advice. ‘Spice it up’ is one. ‘Invest in some sexy underwear’ is another”

“But the most useful orgasm-enhancing suggestion has long been: ‘Find your G-spot.’”

Perhaps sexual psychologist Petra Boynton, from University College London, approach is a little more fun: “It’s fine to go looking for the G-spot but do not worry if you don’t find it.”

“It should not be the only focus. Everyone is different.”

Are the Media to blame for misinformation?

Linda Kelsey was deputy editor on Cosmopolitan Magazine, when in 1982 “heard news from the U.S. of a ground-breaking discovery. One that could potentially have a significant role to play in women’s understanding of sexual pleasure”.

A trigger point had been identified inside the vagina which, when firmly pressed, caused a whole new kind of orgasm.

“Such was the enthusiasm in the Cosmo office that day that one hardworking assistant requested the rest of the day off in order to embark on her own research at home she said.”

“The research seemed pretty convincing at the time and we saw no reason not to share it. In fact, we felt a responsibility to share it” said Kelsey. Cosmo was not intending to spread a myth.

However, for many young women in the seventies, Cosmopolitan was a personal sex manual. The Hite Report, found that most women were orgasmic, but not necessarily through intercourse.

So perhaps the G-spot offered women to catch up with their sex crazed male counterparts.

What of women who never ‘found’ the G-Spot?

Andrea Burri,  co-author of  the King’s college Report, describes the G-spot as a subjective idea rather than a physical reality.

She expressed concern that women who did not find their G-spot might feel inadequate.

‘It’s rather irresponsible to claim the existence of an entity that has never been proven and pressure women and men, too,’ she said.

When so much of sexual pleasure is in the mind, is it irresponsible to focus to heavily on the mechanics of sex? True, we want both mind and body to thrive sexually.

Perhaps then the total body sexual experience promoted by Tao and Tantra has its place in greater sexual fulfillment after all.

Perhaps Linda Kelsey said it best when she wrote “For me, the G-spot is neither here nor there. A friend, married for 20 years, put it succinctly: ‘I’ve never found mine, but I’ve had a helluva lot of fun with my husband looking for it’ “