Beverly Whipple
American sexologist
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Beverly Whipple is an American sexologist who is Professor Emerita at Rutgers University and a professional author. She is a co-author of the publication The G Spot and Other Recent Discoveries About Human Sexuality.
Career
Following a career in nursing, much of her academic work has been concerned with the enhancement of female sexual function. In 1981, she was co-author of Frank Addiego et al., "Female ejaculation: a case study." The paper was presented in The Journal of Sex Research and includes the first published instance of the term "G-Spot".[1] She is an elected Fellow of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality.[2]
Publications
Following the book, Whipple continued to publicize her work, including a 9 min video made in 1981 Orgasmic Expulsions of Fluid in the Sexually Stimulated Female.[3] In 1984, the Journal of Sex Research described the debate surrounding female ejaculation as 'heated'.[4]
Whipple was a co-author of the paper "Who's Afraid of the G-spot?". This was a review by six scientists who looked at the available literature to investigate the phenomena known as the G-Spot. It was published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine which concluded that more research was required.[5]
Her techniques include using fMRI scans to gather evidence on what is happening in the brain.[6] Her animal experiments contributed to the isolation of the vasoactive intestinal peptide[7] and the discovery that orgasms can be rerouted to the brain via the vagus nerve without using the spinal cord,[8] thus enabling females with spinal cord injury to achieve orgasm by psychological stimulation alone.[9]
Books
The following is a list of books that have been written or co-written by Whipple.[10]
- Khan Ladas, Alice; Whipple, Beverly; Perry, John (1982). The G Spot: And Other Recent Discoveries About Human Sexuality. Holt & Company. ISBN 9780030618314.
- Whipple, Beverly; Ogden, Gina (1988). Safe Encounters: How Women Can Say Yes to Pleasure and No to Unsafe Sex. McGraw Hill Education. ISBN 9780070695191.
- Khan Ladas, Alice; Whipple, Beverly (2000). Smart Women, Strong Bones. LIFESTYLES Four Heart Press. ISBN 9781878319029.
- Gates, Ronda; Whipple, Beverly (2003). Outwitting Osteoporosis: The Smart Woman's Guide To Bone Health. Atria Books/Beyond Words. ISBN 9781582700991.
- Khan Ladas, Alice; Whipple, Beverly (2005). The G Spot: And Other Discoveries About Human Sexuality. Macmillan. ISBN 9780805077599.
- Komisaruk, Barry; Beyer-Flores, Carlos; Whipple, Beverly (2006). The Science of Orgasm. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 9780801884900.
- Komisaruk, Barry; Whipple, Beverly; Nasserzadeh, Sara; Beyer-Flores, Carlos (2009). The Orgasm Answer Guide. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 9780801893964.