Myth #3: Women don’t have a prostate
It only took centuries of dissecting female cadavers, but the medical community has finally admitted that women have a prostate. Unfortunately, some researchers are still refusing to call it a prostate.
Part of the problem is that no one can agree on which bits make up the female prostate. Currently, the female prostate is defined as the urethral sponge and Skene’s glands (paraurethral glands) —two small ducts on either side of the urethra. (See illustration below).
The Skene’s glands emit a milky white fluid that helps lubricate the vagina and protects it from infection.
The Skene’s glands are homologous to a man’s prostate glands. As discussed earlier, homologous parts share the same relation, relative position, or structure.
So if the Skene’s and prostate glands are homologous, why are they not named the same? If only the medical community could find another dead male anatomist to name the female prostate after, this wouldn’t be a problem.