Odile Buisson born Odile Poullaouec (born 10 March 1956) is a French gynaecologist and writer. She was a co-researcher of sonography that revealed the internal structure of the clitoris.
Odile Buisson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Odile Poullaouec March 10, 1956 Dunkirk |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | obstetrician and gynecologist |
| Known for | investigating the clitoris and the phenomena of the G-spot |
Life
editBuisson was born in Malo-les-Bains, Dunkirk in 1956.[1] She had strict parents and gynaecology was one of the subjects that was not discussed. Her sex education happened when she was twelve. She spent her teenage years in Brittany at Saint-Nazaire. She was studying medicine and gynaecology in 1973 which is where she and her husband met.[2]
She began a collaboration with fellow gynaecologist Pierre Foldès who she first met in 2004.[2] His work had inspired a 2006 award-winning book.[3] Foldès surprised her by proposing that they should use ultrasound to study the structure of the g-spot and the clitoris. She was surprised that she had not thought of doing it before and she was not sure of the anatomy that they would discover.[2] Foldès had found that there was virtually no academic study of the clitoris which compared with thousands of published papers that investigated the penis.[4] They used volunteers are they looked at the structures during sexual intercourse.[2]
In 2008, they published the first complete 3D sonography of the stimulated clitoris. In 2009 their further research, demonstrated how the erectile tissue of the clitoris surrounds the vagina. They suggested "that the special sensitivity of the lower anterior vaginal wall ("the G-Spot") could be explained by pressure and movement of clitoris's root during a vaginal penetration and subsequent perineal contraction. The G-spot could be explained by the richly innervated clitoris".[5][6]
In 2010 she highlighted the discrimination by universities that resulted in there being many more studies of male as distinct from female sexuality.[7] She was also a co-author of the paper "Who's Afraid of the G-spot? that year. 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.[8]
In 2011 her and Foldès' book Qui a peur du point G?: le plaisir féminin, une angoisse masculine was published.[9]
Awards
editBuisson was knighted in 2013 after 33 years' service and she joined the Legion of Honor.[10]
References
edit- ^ "LUX: Yale Collections Discovery". lux.collections.yale.edu. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
- ^ a b c d Genthialon, Anne-Claire. "Odile Buisson : le point G...ynéco". Libération (in French). Retrieved 2024-11-18.
- ^ Hubert Prolongeau (2006). Victoire sur l'excision: Pierre Foldès, le chirurgien qui redonne l'espoir aux femmes mutilées (in French). Paris: A. Michel. ISBN 2-226-16804-4.
- ^ COAT, Camille Vigogne LE. "Pierre Foldès. Architecte du clitoris". Libération (in French). Retrieved 2024-11-18.
- ^ See page 98 Archived 2020-12-10 at the Wayback Machine for the 2009 King's College London's findings on the G-spot and page 145 Archived 2016-05-09 at the Wayback Machine for ultrasound/physiological material with regard to the G-spot. Ashton Acton (2012). Issues in Sexuality and Sexual Behavior Research: 2011 Edition. ScholarlyEditions. ISBN 978-1464966873. Archived from the original on July 17, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
- ^ Buisson, Odile; Foldès, Pierre (2009). "The clitoral complex: a dynamic sonographic study". The Journal of Sexual Medicine. 6 (5): 1223–31. doi:10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01231.x. PMID 19453931. S2CID 5096396.
- ^ Quicke, Donald Lambert Jesse (2023-12-28). Female Arousal and Orgasm: Anatomy, Physiology, Behaviour and Evolution. Bentham Science Publishers. ISBN 978-981-5124-64-4.
- ^ Jannini, Emmanuele A.; Whipple, Beverly; Kingsberg, Sheryl A.; Buisson, Odile; Foldès, Pierre; Vardi, Yoram (2010-01-01). "Who's Afraid of the G-spot?". The Journal of Sexual Medicine. 7 (1_Part_1): 25–34. doi:10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01613.x. ISSN 1743-6109. PMID 20092462.
- ^ Buisson, Odile; Foldès, Pierre (2011). Qui a peur du point G?: le plaisir féminin, une angoisse masculine (in French). Jean-Claude Gawsewitch. ISBN 978-2-35013-257-0.
- ^ Décret du 14 novembre 2013 portant promotion et nomination, retrieved 2024-11-18