“There are many misconceptions about squirting,” says Lola Jean, a sex educator and self-proclaimed “ Olympic Squirter.” “Given it is a heavily under researched topic and misunderstood act, this is not surprising. And most of the time, women don’t “shoot” like they do in porn. However, the truth is only between 10-54% of women can squirt, according to a 2013 review published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine.
Porn has led us to believe that squirting is a lot more common than it actually is, and when a woman squirts, she’s able to shoot yards across the room. We'll get there very soon, but first, there's something you should know. Pun not intended.) Wondering how to make a woman squirt? (Though it’s worth noting that people can squirt without climaxing-more on that to come. And squirting often goes hand-in-hand with female orgasm, which is one of the reasons your partner might be into it, too. For many men, there’s something undeniably arousing about a person with a vulva being able to expel fluids just like a person with a penis. The term “squirt” was the 25th most-searched term on Pornhub in 2019, according to the porn site’s annual Year in Review statistics. There are certain sex acts that have developed a sort of cult following, and squirting is one of them.