Bonk

[metta 0]

Did you know that...

One little-known amateur scientist, Princess Marie Bonaparte, the great-grandniece of Napoleon, was determined to explain her own nonexistent relationship between intercourse and orgasm by physically measuring the distance from ####### to ####### (typically about an inch) in 243 subjects. Interestingly, modern researchers believe, for the moment, this study remains valid and reliable.

But as with any history of health or medicine, the earliest research is often the most astonishing in its quackery. In 1491, Roach gleefully recounts, it was believed that after making penises disappear, witches would collect the offending organs in a bird's nest, where they continued to subsist on a diet of oats and corn. If you're having breakfast while reading this, I am sorry. I read that passage while eating lunch in a restaurant.

or, that

An erection "is a respectable achievement, but it is not enough. An erection, like a motorcycle or a lawn, must also be maintained." "Orgasm appears to be a state not unlike that of the alien abductees one always hears about, coming to with messy hair and a chunk of time unaccounted for."

then READ

Bonk

Edited April 11, 2008 by metta

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That author is pretty well respected from what I've heard. Bonk is selling pretty well, so I understand.

She also wrote SPOOK (on science and the afterlife) and STIFF (on dead bodies)

[franklie 0]

from the linked article "For instance, male prison inmates often find sexual release by means of a so-called "Fifi bag," a combination of warm towels, Saran Wrap and mayonnaise."

[Bootylicious!! 2]

from the linked article "For instance, male prison inmates often find sexual release by means of a so-called "Fifi bag," a combination of warm towels, Saran Wrap and mayonnaise."

[metta 0]

from the linked article "For instance, male prison inmates often find sexual release by means of a so-called "Fifi bag," a combination of warm towels, Saran Wrap and mayonnaise."

I am definitely going to buy this book!

here are the chapters listed in another review..

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful: The funniest science book ever written, April 9, 2008 By Julie Neal "The Complete Walt Disney World" (Sanibel Island, Fla.) - See all my reviews

Here's to Ed! Author Mary Roach's husband Ed must be the world's most agreeable husband, seeing as he agreed to have sex with his wife in a 20-inch-diameter MRI tube. While she takes notes. And an observing doctor makes chit-chat.

I actually laughed out loud while reading this book. Often. At the rec center where I work out, I kept getting the giggles while pedaling on the stationary bike. I took off the book jacket with the giant word "Bonk" on the cover (and the tiny, um, "bonking" ladybugs) so it wouldn't be obvious what I was reading.

I learned a great deal. For example, did you know that Victorian gynecologists treated women without looking at them? Or that using most homemade sex machines of that era was "like dating a corn dog"? Or some people thought that witches collected penises and put them in boxes, where they moved around on their own and ate oats and corn?

Mostly I learned that I need to get Mary Roach's other books. She's a gem.

Here's the chapter list:

1. The Sausage, the Porcupine, and the Agreeable Mrs. G: Highlights from the pioneers of human sexual response

2. Dating the #######-Camera: Can a woman find happiness with a machine?

3. The Princess and Her Pea: The woman who moved her #######, and other ruminations on intercourse orgasms

4. The Upsuck Chronicles: Does orgasm boost fertility, and what do pigs know about it?

5. What's Going On in There?: The diverting world of coital imaging

6. The Taiwanese Fix and the Penile Pricking Ring: Creative approaches to impotence

7. The Testicle Pushers: If two are good, would three be better?

8. Re-Member Me: Transplants, implants and other penises of last resort

9. The Lady's #######: Is the ####### a tiny #######?

10. The Prescription-Strength Vibrator: Masturbating for health

11. The Immaculate Orgasm: Who needs genitals?

12. Mind Over #######: Women are complicated

13. What Would Allah Say?: The strange, brave career of Ahmed Shafik

14. Monkey Do: The secret sway of hormones

15. "Persons Studied in Pairs:" The lab that uncovered great sex

[Amby 490]

from the linked article "For instance, male prison inmates often find sexual release by means of a so-called "Fifi bag," a combination of warm towels, Saran Wrap and mayonnaise."

fifi bags did they name them after our fifi?

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...Dr. William Robinson, ...urged parents to keep young boys from masturbating by shielding their eyes from things like "sensuous musical comedies."

yep...I almost went blind because of sensuous musical comedies.