Why are so many people adamant that squirting is or isn’t pee?

Because squirt isn’t pee, that’s why.

Because some people are more than ready to gleefully exclaim “science!” while disregarding women’s lived experiences.

Because we all know science has been perfectly objective when it comes to women’s bodies and experiences, right? </sarcasm>

Yeah, I’m never going to get behind any claims of scientific objectivity that so callously (and routinely and historically and currently) reinforce sexist gender norms, especially at the expense of women.

Use your own preferred search engine to look up “Yes, Squirting is Real (And it’s not pee)” at Penny’s Dirty Thoughts [NSFW]

The most important points she makes are as follows (all emphases mine):

When I squirt, I am not peeing.

It didn’t happen until I was not only stimulating my g-spot in the right way, but also relaxed and confident in my ability to do it.

It also does not look, smell, or taste like pee. Most importantly, it does not feel like peeing. It feels like ejaculating.

Historically, many cultures have recognized and even celebrated female ejaculation. And even in our culture, many sex educators and sexuality pioneers like Deborah Sundahl, Shannon Bell, Tristan Taormino, and others, have been teaching about the g-spot and female ejaculation and hosting workshops to spread knowledge about it for years. There are tons of personal accounts from squirters … sharing their stories of ejaculation and g-spot pleasure. It is not something we’re all “making up” … it is real, and it is not pee.

While you’re at it, also look up Lux Alptraum’s Guardian article “The question isn’t if female ejaculation is real. It’s why you don’t trust women to tell you (The debate about ‘squirting’ is actually about whether or not women can be trusted to accurately report their own sexual experiences)” [NSFW]

It’s perfectly clear to any woman who has ejaculated that doing so is a unique experience unto itself – including me.

Regardless of the biological basis of female ejaculation, the physical experience is, at its heart, a pure expression of female sexual pleasure.

In a world where women’s narratives about their sexual experiences are routinely called into question, the debate over female ejaculation serves as a reminder that, when it comes to sex, we still don’t believe women. Even when they’re literally wetting the [bed sheets] with proof.

Furthermore, look up “How I Know Squirting Is Real (And Also Not Pee)” by Epiphora. [NSFW]

Other studies … have previously shown that ejaculate contains zero or low levels of urea and creatinine. [The “Squirt Is Pee” Study] also [goes] against several thousand million vagina-owners, including myself, who have reported that the stuff they ejaculate does not look, smell, or taste like pee.

As for the sensation, it’s a build up of pressure, and I can sometimes feel the fluid pushing to the surface, begging to be released. … [Once] I started squirting I no longer associated it with [peeing].

Epiphora’s girlfriend [NSFW]:

Experiencing you squirting all over me in person was unbelievably sexy. Did it look or smell like pee? Nope. It was clearly voluntary — you had to work hard to make it happen.

I’m going to trust the real experts: the individuals that squirt, report their experiences are directly associated with their own sexual satisfaction and pleasure (apart from pee fetishism), and know it isn’t urination.

“Science” can catch up by first listening to women.