Understanding the female prostate Skene’s glands are small structures located on either side of the female urethra that serve functions similar to the male prostate. These glands produce a milky ...

Skene’s Gland: The Female Prostate “Skene's glands, also known as the paraurethral glands or the female prostate, are a pair of small glands located on either side of the urethra in women ...

According to Medical News Today, a 1994 database review found that Skene’s gland tumours made up roughly 0.003 % of all documented cancers of the female urinary or genital tract—fewer than one ...

But in two of the subjects with much lower concentrations of PDE5, he couldn’t find any Skene’s glands at all. “For such women, having a vaginal orgasm is anatomically impossible,” he says.

Researchers using MRI and 3-D ultrasound have mapped these pea-sized glands around the urethra. The Skene’s tissue produces a thin, alkaline fluid high in PSA—the same marker doctors track in men.