After years of searching for what many call the male G-spot, researchers now say it isn’t located where people long assumed.
A team in Spain reports it has identified the key erogenous area after extended investigation, publishing its findings in the journal Andrology.
For decades, the “male equivalent” of the widely discussed female G-spot was commonly linked to the prostate gland—often described as being about two inches inside the rectum.
But the new research suggests that description doesn’t capture the full picture.
Rather than a single point, the researchers characterize it as a broader pleasure “zone” positioned lower than the anus at the frenular delta.
The study says the location was pinpointed by examining anatomical slices of male reproductive tissue in detail.
Ouch.
Samples taken from 30 fetuses and 14 adult men who donated their bodies to science after death allowed the team to map structures in a small triangular region on the underside of the penis, where the glans meets the shaft. There, they identified a bundle of 17 nerves concentrated in that area.
Researchers at the University of Santiago de Compostela describe this region as being “richly innervated” by overlapping branches of the perineal nerves (associated with the area between the genitals and anus) and the dorsal nerves. Because of the heightened density of nerve bundles, they argue, stimulation can produce intense pleasure and orgasm.
The prostate’s known role in triggering orgasm may have led earlier discussions to stop short of exploring other anatomical hotspots, the authors suggest—leaving this area underexamined until now.
For anyone already familiar with what feels especially sensitive, this might not sound groundbreaking—yet the researchers say the study provides formal anatomical evidence for a distinct sensation-focused region.
“Although this may seem self-evident to anyone attuned to the sensations of their penis during sexual activity, our work scientifically validates the existence of a ventral penile anatomical region that serves as a center of sexual sensation,” write the authors of the study, led by Alfonso Cepeda-Emiliani. “In essence, the presence of a sensory center in the penis, akin to a ‘G-spot,’ emerges as a neuroanatomical reality”.
“It is one of the most pleasurable spots for male sexual stimulation,” Eric Chung of the University of Queensland in Australia, who wasn’t involved in the study, told New Scientist.
The researchers also argue that the fact it took until 2026 for this area to be clearly described points to ongoing gaps in sexual medicine and urology—particularly around topics that have historically received less focused anatomical study.