Jessica Påfs

Hi! I'm a researcher, lecturer, and sexologist focusing on genital health, psychosexual matters, and closing the pleasure gap. My current research explores the overlooked subject female ejaculation/squirting, thanks to the prestigious, one-year Sabbatical from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond. Soon my book on female ejaculation/squirting, based on interviews conducted in Rwanda and Sweden, is ready!

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I am working at Gothenburg University, Sweden

Publications

• Squirting Scripts: Navigating Validation, Avoidance, Desire, and Coercion in Sexual Encounters Between Women and Men

  Påfs, J.
  Archives of Sexual Behaviour 2026 doi:10.1007/s10508-026-03425-1

• Women’s experiences of female ejaculation and/or squirting: a Swedish cross-sectional study

  Påfs, J., Wahlberg, A., Fugl-Meyer, K. S. et al.
  Sexual Medicine 2024 12(5)

• A sexual superpower or a shame? Women’s diverging experiences of squirting/female ejaculation in Sweden

  Påfs, J.
  Sexualities 2021 Sep 2. doi:10.1177/13634607211041095.

• Damaged genitals — Cut women's perceptions of the effect of female genital cutting on sexual function. A qualitative study from Sweden

  Jordal, M., Påfs, J., Wahlberg, A., et al.
  Frontiers in Sociology. 2022 Aug 12. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2022.943949.

• Swedish gynecologists’ positioning in relation to clitoral reconstruction after female genital cutting. a qualitative interview study

  Jordal, M., Levin, L., Påfs, J., et al.
  International Journal of Sexual Health. 2021 Dec 11.
  doi: 10.1080/19317611.2020.1853301.

• Implementing the Liberalized Abortion Law in Kigali, Rwanda: Ambiguities of Rights and Responsibilities Among Health Care Providers

  Påfs J., Rulisa S., Klingberg-Allvin M., et al.
  Midwifery. 2020 Jan 80. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2019.102568.

• Pricking in the African Diaspora: Current Evidence and Recurrent Debates

  Wahlberg, A., Påfs, J. & Jordal, M.
  Current Sexual Health Reports volume 11, pages95–101(2019) doi: 10.1007/s11930-019-00198-8.

• Beyond the numbers of maternal near-miss in Rwanda - a qualitative study on women's perspectives on access and experiences of care in early and late stage of pregnancy

  Påfs J, Musafili A, Binder-Finnema P, et al.
  BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2016 Sep 2;16:257. doi: 10.1286/s12884-016-1051-4.

• 'You try to play a role in her pregnancy' - a qualitative study on recent fathers' perspectives about childbearing and encounter with the maternal health system in Kigali, Rwanda

  Påfs J, Rulisa S, Musafili A, et al.
  Glob Health Action. 2016 Aug 25;9:31482. doi: 10.3402/gha.v9.31482.

• 'They would never receive you without a husband': Paradoxical barriers to antenatal care scale-up in Rwanda

  Påfs J, Musafili A, Binder-Finnema P, et al.
  Midwifery. 2015 Dec;31(12):1149-56. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2015.09.010.

• The Quest for Maternal Survival in Rwanda: Paradoxes in Policy and Practice from the Perspective of Near-Miss Women, Recent Fathers and Healthcare Providers

  Påfs J - Uppsala University Thesis

Interviews

• Interviewed in the podcast Savage Lovecast, Episode 833

  The Science of Squirting

• Interviewed in a radiodocumentary made by YLE (Swedish)

  Den mytomspunna fontänorgasmen

• Interviewed in Sciences et Avenir

  Femmes fontaines : on sait enfin d'où vient le liquide qu'elles produisent

• Interviewed in NewScientist

  Female emission at orgasm confirmed to release fluid from the bladder

• Intervjuad i Vasabladet

  Jessica från Vasa forskar kring den mytomspunna fontänorgasmen – Det är en naturlig del av den kvinnliga sexualiteten

• Intervjuad i Hufvudstadsbladet

  Fontänorgasmer tjusar och missförstås

• Intervjuad i vetenskapspodcasten Besserwisser, UR

  Kvinnors orgasmer

• Intervjuad i Aftonbladet

  Fem kvinnor: Så är det att få en fontänorgasm

• Intervjuad i Göteborgsposten

  Fontänorgasm väcker både skam och förundran

• Intervjuad i podcasten Alla Våra Ligg

  149. En studie i Squirting

• Reportage av RFSU

  Med fokus på fontänorgasm