French hit back after British attack on G-spot touches nerve

After scientists in London declared the G-spot may be a myth, gynaecologists gather in Paris to launch counter-attack

There are a handful of subjects - among them cricket, the weather and the art of downing pints through a funnel - on which the French deign to allow the English a degree of authority. Sex, however, is not one of them.

Today, just three weeks after scientists at King's College London declared that the elusive G-spot may be a myth, a group of gynaecologists gathered in Paris to launch a counter-attack on what they called a "totalitarian" approach to female sexuality.

Lizzy Davies