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There has been debate about whether women have a prostate or not even though in 1672 Reinier De Graaf described it as a collection of functional glands and ducts surrounding the female urethra. He said the glands and ducts produced transparent juice to lubricate the vaginal area.
Western medicine has been a bit more stubborn in it's acknowledgment, but finally came around in 2001 when the Federative Committee on Anatomical Terminology agreed to use the term “female prostate” in their Histology Terminology.
The female prostate had been referred to as either the paraurethral or Skene’s glands. Most physicians have stayed in the dark about women's sexuality and particularly about the female prostate. They felt the female prostate was not a necessary role in reproduction and it was thus, unimportant. As a woman, I can assure you it is important and women's sexuality deserves to be valued, studied and taught.
When the female prostate has become enlarged or caused discomfort it was called female urethral diverticulum or female prostatitis. Many urinary tract infections (UTIs) have been incorrectly diagnosed and treated due to this disregard for the female prostate.